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Walmart To Close Online Music Store

Posted by samzenpus on from the survival-of-the-most-convenient dept.

UnknowingFool writes "Beginning August 28, 2011 Walmart will close its online downloadable music store. After eight years, Walmart will no longer offer music for download but will still sell physical music formats. Walmart will keep their DRM servers online for customers that purchased their music with DRM. Despite having cheaper music, the store's market is tiny compared to No. 1 and 2, Apple and Amazon respectively."

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  1. This may not do it...but a little longer... by tekiegreg · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Think Apple, they wont stay #1 forever no matter what anyone says, my predictions... By 2015: Apple loses Iphone dominance in all respects and begins its downward slide, starts to focus on other products instead, some customers grow worried By 2020: Apple decides the Itunes store is no longer worth keeping up, stops all sales but keeps DRM servers functional, most customers grow worried... By 2023: Apple sees no further point in keeping Itunes DRM Store up, but enthusiasts of now classical music singers such as Taylor Swift, Spice Girls and Eminem begin rioting over the loss of all that music...oooooh the humanity...

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