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Re:AirPods Max 2 by JSR_FDED on Tuesday March 17, 2026 @12:33AM (#47408652)
Beats is a $1B+ a year business. Investment-wise it was a no-brainer.

Cultural cachet of Beats - note how Apple kept the brand.

Jimmy Iovine & Dr Dre showed them how to tap into a new demographic.

It helped Apple get up and running with streaming faster, they needed to compete with Spotify.

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