"If Apple thinks they're going to disrupt the content business, har de har har."
Well, the record companies aren't laughing any more.
Well, the record companies aren't laughing any more.
Everyone wants to get in the content chain business because you can try to essentially monetize other people's content. Only in the television arena the creators are very aware of such mechanisms, they already have an avenue to the consumer, so they vigorously fight against "disruptions". Google quickly discovered that with Google TV.
I would say yes.
Apple owns over 70% of the music download market. Before iTunes, download sales were a minuscule fraction of physical CDs sales. They're now larger. Basically, around 35% of all music sales now go through Apple.
Retailers with that kind of market share have serious clout.
Maybe they didn't change the industry as much, but purchasing content and getting it onto devices definitely was not as accessible before for the general public.