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Re:Cities Are Saying ‘No’ to 5G, Citing Health, Aesthetics, ... by kontorlaore on Saturday August 24, 2019 @03:46PM (#20789291)
> No, but they would download their content once and store it locally instead of repeatedly re-streaming it every time.

That's like saying "people don't need to listen to the radio for the same pop songs, they can just play a CD with them"

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Re:Cities Are Saying ‘No’ to 5G, Citing Health, Aesthetics, ... by Spooky23 on Saturday August 24, 2019 @11:33PM (#20791190)
That was a multi billion dollar industry.
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Re:Cities Are Saying ‘No’ to 5G, Citing Health, Aesthetics, ... by kontorlaore on Sunday August 25, 2019 @02:17PM (#20794532)
Which was killed by streaming, not by people storing songs locally.
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Re:Cities Are Saying ‘No’ to 5G, Citing Health, Aesthetics, ... by Spooky23 on Sunday August 25, 2019 @03:43PM (#20795039)
No, it was killed by piracy. Streaming broke Apple’s dominance.
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