Apple will shut down iTunes: report

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After nearly two decades, iTunes is shuffling off this mortal coil.

Some 18 years after changing how consumers purchase music, TV shows and movies, Apple is set to shut the digital doors at its iTunes store, Bloomberg reported Friday.

Apple is expected to make the move official at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, Calif., next week.

The company’s iPhones and iPads already had standalone apps for music, TV/film, and podcasts, but this will make those apps the standard on Mac computers as well.

The end of iTunes is yet another step for Apple to shift toward content creation as phone sales stall. Earlier this year, Apple announced Apple TV+, a streaming service that will feature shows from A-listers such as Steven Spielberg, Steve Carell, Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Aniston and more.

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[cobra]

End of the downloading era.

The streaming era has taken over

Consumers lost

 

[Dorian Breh]

End of the downloading era.

The streaming era has taken over

Consumers lost

Great avi

Geraltchu

 

[xCivicx]

Absolute bullshyt

They don't want you to own shyt

It's the exact same reason they discontinued the ipod classic

 

[TEH]

The ITunes Store

Oh ok that’s different from ITunes

Apple streaming is the only thing stopping me from buying a Samsung.

 

[Mowgli]

 

[KingJay]

Will they just add purchases to Apple Music then?
Otherwise how are people supposed to get some big albums that don't pop up on streaming like the Adele jawn or Taylor Swift's 1989 or Lemonade were at first? Those are three major albums

 

[UpAndComing]

End of the downloading era.

The streaming era has taken over

Consumers lost

Downloading and music ownership is for real fans

Streaming is for casuals

 

[hatealot]

There was a time streaming wasnt as popular, everyone wanted a downloadble copy

 

[7th Letter Specialist]

The ITunes Store

Oh ok that’s different from ITunes

Apple streaming is the only thing stopping me from buying a Samsung.

U know...they have Apple Music on Samsung

 

[TEH]

U know...they have Apple Music on Samsung

Yeah I heard that late - I got a X just getting my moneys worth on this - I’m tempted to go now but I’ll wait until when the new S 11 Note or equivalent drops and I’m gone. I’ve been giving Tim Cook my money for too long.

But the problem is that you can sync the content but ITunes isn’t really there ... or so I heard ...

 

[hostsamurai]

Downloading and music ownership is for real fans

Streaming is for casuals

I don't completely disagree.

If you pay for it you lawst. But I have a modded app. A lot of mixtapes aren't on Spotify so I store them locally but with Deezloader I could easily download any song that's not on Spotify.

 

[froggle]

End of the downloading era.

The streaming era has taken over

Consumers lost

whatchu young whippersnappers know about Napster, IIRC, newsgroups to get "Free music",. Everyone is streaming.... life is so much easier. Spend $10 a month or spend hours trying to find that obscure Styles P Rock the boat, rock the boat

 

[Mr. Jack Napier]

That sucks for those Appleheads

 

[Solo ✧✦✧]

Some albums I'd rather download than stream. Both should always be an option rather than having streaming be forced on people.