Commentary: The iPod changed everything about how we listen to music

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There’s good reason that we’re saying goodbye to iPods with very different sentiments compared to those for CD players and the Walkman, say Vanessa Liu and Lau Kong Cheen from SUSS.

SINGAPORE: Before the 2000s, burning CDs, downloading a few songs from Napster and curating collections with limited storage space were the norm among music lovers.

in 2019, which resembled the iPhone SE except for its inability to make calls. Sold at a much lower price , Apple even added features like iMessage and FaceTime calls to enhance its value for money.But since then, there had been silence on the publicity front for the iPod Touch, and no news of upgrades. You would have a hard time finding it from the very bottom of the webpage even if you wanted to buy one.

The spirit of the iPod lives on in each device, offering countless moments of audio entertainment for us to enjoy. Looking at the larger picture, the departure of the iPod could have partly been engineered by Apple for the greater good of its ecosystem of products and services.Besides shaping Apple’s future innovations, the iPod heralded an age of digital music. Coupled with iTunes, where users can buy songs for 99 cents each, the iPod transformed the distribution of music.

This new form of sharing music offered new benefits to consumers. We could enjoy music on-demand without the hassle of manual downloads. Almost unlimited choices of music are available from apps like Spotify or Amazon Music HD, at a subscription fee that’s ultimately cheaper than paying per track. Personal playlists could easily be curated without worrying about storage capacity.

Just like how the word “podcast” was derived from “iPod”, the essence of iPods will live on in all audio and tech innovations.

 

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