Apple has been pushing more and more the Apple Music platform and clearly trying to steer users away from using the iTunes Store. What is the future you see for the iTunes Store? Are the days of buying digital music over with the rise of streaming?
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POLL: Future of the iTunes Store
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It will definitely go once music sales drop below a certain percentage of Apple Music subs. If 95% of your music revenue comes from streaming, why have an infrastructure to support the other 5%? Personally, I still like buying music, but I can see the writing on the wall for the current system. Perhaps if Apple started selling ALAC/24-bit music it could grab the share of the market where people want quality over convenience. Bands like Muse and Radiohead have released their last few albums in higher quality, so there must be a market for it.
Neat... a poll.... 
+1 for Never kill of the iTunes Store,, Everything there is the hub to everything else u use, manage watch, and sync to other Apple devices.
Apple may do own apps, but I can't see this changing..... ever.... not that they won't, but if they knew iTunes was just a garbage ball, wouldn't they have separated some stuff by now? e.g When they bought out Apple Music, they integrated it directly to iTunes without any thoughts.
+1 for Never kill of the iTunes Store,, Everything there is the hub to everything else u use, manage watch, and sync to other Apple devices.
Apple may do own apps, but I can't see this changing..... ever.... not that they won't, but if they knew iTunes was just a garbage ball, wouldn't they have separated some stuff by now? e.g When they bought out Apple Music, they integrated it directly to iTunes without any thoughts.
I don't see them killing it in the near future... As long as there are people buying music (not only streaming) they will be selling it. Amazon, Google Play, TIDAL... they all have both streaming and buying options.
But we'll see!
But we'll see!
'Never' is a long time. It probably will be either killed off at some point although not necessarily within the next 5 years, or they will improve it drastically in some way, e.g. upgrade the audio quality as was already mentioned . Otherwise I don't see a future or need for it. It's long been eclipsed by the competition.