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Re:Apple Music Overtakes Spotify in U.S. Subscribers by ghaff on Friday April 05, 2019 @12:35PM (#19584265)
Apple arguably created (or at least played a huge role in taking mainstream) a la carte digital music downloads. They certainly didn't create streaming. Arguably, Rhapsody did although I haven't really researched the history of paid/ad supported music streaming.
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Re:Apple Music Overtakes Spotify in U.S. Subscribers by dvtrn on Friday April 05, 2019 @12:37PM (#19584287)
They certainly didn't create streaming. Arguably, Rhapsody did

That's the name that eluded me; my initial comment was going to mention Grooveshark but was sure there was another player who was in on the game very early on so thanks for jogging the memory there.

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Re:Apple Music Overtakes Spotify in U.S. Subscribers by fivre on Friday April 05, 2019 @01:12PM (#19584727)
Napster created and popularized a la carte digital music downloads :)

Apple just had the market clout to make labels acquiesce to doing it legally.

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Re:Apple Music Overtakes Spotify in U.S. Subscribers by reaperducer on Friday April 05, 2019 @03:55PM (#19586387)
Did RealPlayer have some streaming subscription channels?
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