how the future arrived

washingtonpost.com: 5 Ways to Unleash the Music:

Two years ago this coming Thursday, the online music business stopped being a joke. When Apple Computer Inc. opened its iTunes Music Store for business on April 28, 2003, people finally had a song-downloads destination that didn’t treat them like crooks but did provide a fair value for the money.

I’m not sure $.99 is all that fair (I’d buy more if the tracks were cheaper) but this is mostly accurate.

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