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Apple happened. When iTunes was new, the music industry was more than happy to give up digital distribution, because they were more interested in selling discs,
by spartas 6y ago
Apple happened. When iTunes was new, the music industry was more than happy to give up digital distribution, because they were more interested in selling discs, and any revenue they captures from Apple was extra. The movie industry saw what Apple did to music and so movie licensing and distribution became an entrenched mess.