smc2911;281688 Wrote: > (In the sense that the older generation, like me, may not embrace it, > but the younger generations will think it's normal and will be unable > to understand our obsession with the physical artefact).
My take on it is that when record companies killed off singles to try to force kids to buy the more profitable CD albums instead, Apple and others stepped in with downloads, and now as that generation grows up all they want to do is buy all their media that way. It's transient to them, not something to own. They want the instant fix from getting the music then and there, not from taking the trip to the record store to spend time flicking through album covers. In a way it's more pure, it's all about the music, not the packaging. On top of that, many artists now make more money from touring, not CD sales, so something that makes it even cheaper to distribute will catch on fast. My kids use iTunes to download music and have never hankered after CDs. They don't have elaborate HiFi systems after all, but instead have iPods. We have a generation growing up who have never bought CDs and never will. -- CardinalFang ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CardinalFang's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=962 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45000 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
