![]() ![]() Napster in 1999 provided a straightforward peer-to-peer file-sharing system that gave you access to millions of tracks – for free. And as people ventured on to the internet in increasing numbers at the tail end of the 1990s, MP3 heralded the dawn of a music revolution. The end result of years of research into lossy algorithms, MP3 could approximate lossless audio (WAV AIFF) but required a fraction of the storage space. Their architects have unpacked and developed audio file formats, delivery platforms and smart algorithms, and sharp-eyed businesspeople have converted that vision into the subscription models we know today. Modern streaming services – TIDAL, Spotify, Apple Music et al – are the culmination of two decades of cutting-edge technological achievements, evolution and iteration.
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