Isikhethi se-apula Ungayithanda i-iTunes noma uyizonde, kodwa kufanele uvume ukuthi iyishintshe ngokuphelele imboni yomculo. Futhi kuzoba iminyaka eyishumi kakade. Ngomhla zingama-28 kuMbasa, 2003, uSteve Jobs wethula isitolo esisha somculo wedijithali lapho ingoma ngayinye ibiza amasenti angama-99. I-iPod yesizukulwane sesithathu yethulwa ngokubambisana ne-iTunes. Kusukela lapho, i-iTunes iphokophele emgomweni wezingoma ezilandiwe eziyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-25, eziba umdayisi womculo omkhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni. Ukuze kukhunjulwe unyaka oyindilinga, u-Apple uzilungiselele umugqa wesikhathi, omaka iziqophamlando emlandweni we-iTunes, okuhlanganisa i-albhamu namashadi ezingoma unyaka ngamunye. Uzothola nemicimbi ebalulekile lapha, njengokwethulwa kwe-iPhone noma i-iPad.
Esikhundleni sokuqukethwe komculo ngokwawo, abaningi bazoba nentshisekelo yokuthi i-iTunes iguquke kanjani ngokuhamba kwesikhathi isuka esitolo somculo yaba "ihabhu ledijithali" - ama-podcasts engezwa ngo-2005, amamuvi ngonyaka kamuva, kanye ne-iTunes U ngo-2007. Izinhlelo zokusebenza zokuqala ezingu-500 Ngo-2008 kwavulwa ngokusemthethweni i-App Store. Namuhla, i-iPod ngokwayo izifihla emthunzini we-iPhone-iPad duo, eheha abasebenzisi ukuthi kungenzeka ukulanda amakhulu ezinkulungwane zezinhlelo zokusebenza. Kusukela namuhla, isibali sezinhlelo zokusebenza ezithengiwe sibonisa inani lezigidigidi ezingama-40. I-iTunes iqukethe izingoma eziyizigidi ezingu-35 zamazwe angu-119, amamuvi angu-60 atholakala emazweni angu-000, izincwadi eziyizigidi ezingu-109 kanye nezinhlelo zokusebenza ze-iOS ezingaphezu kuka-1,7. Izinhlelo zokusebenza ezingu-850 zilandwa njalo ngesekhondi futhi izinhlelo zokusebenza eziyizigidi ezingu-000 zilandwa nsuku zonke. Ngekota yesibili ka-800 kuphela, i-iTunes izuze u-$70 billion.
Futhi kuthiwani uma egubha leyo minyaka eyishumi ngokugcina ekhiphe inguqulo ye-iTunes engasebenziseka, engeke ibe ne-GUI edidayo nengenangqondo, futhi ingeke iphahlazeke ku-Windows ngisho nasemishinini engcono kakhulu? Kuyihlazo uma okuqukethwe okuhle kangaka kunikezwa ngendlela eklanywe kabi kangaka.
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