

#ITUNES MATCH PRICING FULL#
100% – Full iTunes Plus availability was achieved on Apin the U.S., coinciding with the introduction of the three-tiered pricing model.
The DRM-free music is called iTunes Plus. 80% – On January 6, 2009, Apple announced that DRM (Digital Rights Management, copy protection if you like) had been removed from the majority of the entire music catalog in the U.S.69 cents, 99 cents, and $1.29 – In 2009 the flat pricing structure was replaced with a three-tier pricing structure.99 cents – The iTunes Store launched with a flat price structure, all songs cost exactly the same.Five weeks in 2005 – iTunes 5 was the most short-lived release.April 2003 to September 2008 – iTunes 4 was the most long-lived release of the iTunes application.October 2003 – iTunes for Windows arrived.Janu– Steve Jobs introduced iTunes (the application) at Macworld Expo.The complete Beatles collection arrived in the iTunes Music Store in November 2010. Note that we’ve tried to focus as much as possible on the iTunes Store and music, and not included any data for apps, video, and other content in Apple’s media hub. We hope for Google’s sake this isn’t a case of too little, too late, considering what a behemoth they are competing with. To see what Google is up against, we have collected a plethora of numbers about iTunes from all over the Web.Īs you will see, Google is facing some long odds. Google Music went live almost nine years after Apple opened the doors to its iTunes Store. For the rest of us, we have to wait and see when we’ll be lucky enough to see Google Music’s presence where we live. readers that Google has introduced its online music service – finally.
