
Originally Posted by
Plug Drugs
Early 2000s:
Everyone's making mp3 players: "Here buy our mp3 player, it can hold 200mb of songs, just copy/paste the songs you want on it from your music folder into the mp3 player's folder."
All of the consumers; "Wow that is pretty neat!"
Apple: "Here buy our iPod, Ummmmmmm yeah okay, its not an 'mp3 player', its an iPod okay, get it right. Mandatory software has to be installed before using it, NYAAAAH! Go to our store and pay money for the music that should be free"
All of the Consumers: "I fucking love it, way better than that other fucking thing i was using! And it's an iPod not an mp3 player mmkay *smug as fuck*"
Apple is then resuscitated and re-enters the playing field as a formidable opponent so they can continue to spread their disease in the pc market for decades to come. And everyone was sooo close to forgetting that Apple even existed, and letting them die off. God damn you ipod!