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Vinyl records outsell CDs for the second year running (www.theverge.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] -5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

iTunes music store is not available in mainland China, which is 1/5 of the world's population

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Yes, but this is about what is available in most countries, not what is available in all countries. That still leaves 119 markets and 80% of the world's population being available. Pretty sure that counts as "most."

Also, the point isn't about iTunes, it's about alternatives to CDs for digital music. China likely has some online store to buy music, but I have no idea.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

To make the claim 80% of population has it you have to have the numbers, since South Korea doesn't have it, a lot of African countries (just going down the list, Algeria, Angola, Benin, etc) don't have it

It looks like half of the world doesn't have iTunes music purchases

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago

They do, maybe, but the streaming services often can't get the original master so they play rerecordings of the songs

I just pirate it