Sungidwe la iTunes linayambitsidwa koyamba pa April 28, 2003. Lingaliro la Apple linali losavuta - perekani sitolo yomwe anthu angagule ndi kukopera nyimbo zamagetsi. Poyambirira, sitolo yokha inagwira nyimbo 200,000 ndipo ogwiritsa Mac okhawo adatha kugula ndi kusamutsa nyimbo ku iPod . Ogwiritsa ntchito PC anayenera kuyembekezera mpaka October 2003 kuti atulutse mawindo a Windows a iTunes. Masiku ano, malo osungirako iTunes ndiwagulitsa kwambiri nyimbo za digito ku US ndipo wagulitsa nyimbo zoposa 10 biliyoni.
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Pamene Apple inayamba kuyambanso ntchito ya ma digito ya digito ya digito yomwe idatha kale ntchito ndi malemba akuluakulu. Mayina akulu monga Universal Music Group (UMG), EMI, Warner, Sony, ndi BMG onse amasaina kuti awonetse nyimbo zawo pa iTunes Store. Zomwe zakhala zikuchitika, Sony ndi BMG zakhazikitsidwa kupanga Sony BMG (imodzi mwa malemba akuluakulu anayi).
Cholinga chatsopano chinayamba ndipo sizodabwitsa kuti patatha maola 18 msonkhano utangoyamba kumene, udagulitsa pafupifupi 275,000 nyimbo. Zofalitsa zina posakhalitsa zinapindula pazomwezi ndipo zinapatsa Apple ndi nsanja yabwino yopititsira patsogolo yomwe inapangitsa kuti ikhale yopambana kwambiri.
Dziko Loyambira
Pa masiku oyambirira a Apple, sitolo ya iTunes inali kupezeka kwa makasitomala a US okha. Izi zinasintha mu 2004 pamene zochitika zina za Ulaya zinayambira. Malo osungirako oimba a iTunes anayamba ku France, Germany, United Kingdom, Belgium, Italy, Austria, Greece, Finland, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, ndi Netherlands. Ogulitsa ku Canada anayenera kuyembekezera mpaka 3 December, 2004, yomwe idatha pambuyo pa European roll kupititsa ku iTunes Store.
Pulogalamu ya padziko lonse ikupitirira padziko lonse lapansi zaka zambiri ndikupanga iTunes Kusunga ma TV omwe akufala kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi.
Kutsutsana kwa DRM
Chimodzi mwa zomwe zanenedwa kwambiri pa nkhani za mbiri ya iTunes ndizoona kuti Digital Rights Management kapena DRM yayifupi. Apple idapanga teknoloji yake ya DRM, yotchedwa Fairplay, yomwe imagwirizana ndi iPod, iPhone, ndi ochepa ojambula nyimbo. Kwa ogulitsa ambiri, zoletsedwa zomwe DRM zimagwiritsa ntchito pazinthu zogula (kuphatikizapo kanema) ndi fupa la mikangano. Mwamwayi, Apple tsopano akugulitsa nyimbo zake popanda kuteteza DRM, ngakhale m'mayiko ena akadali nyimbo zotetezedwa ndi DRM mu kabukhu ka nyimbo za iTunes.
Zochita
Apple yakondwerera zambiri zomwe zachitika m'zaka, monga:
- Kugulitsa nyimbo mamiliyoni 70 chaka chake choyamba.
- Mavidiyo okwana 1 miliyoni anagulitsa masiku 20 mutangoyamba kufotokoza mu 2005.
- 2006: nyimbo zokwana biliyoni imodzi zojambulidwa ndi phindu la 88% la gawo lovomerezeka la nyimbo kumsika (US)
- 2007: Malo osungirako iTunes ndiwo malo otchuka kwambiri padziko lonse kuti azisunga mafilimu; Mafilimu 2 miliyoni adagulitsidwa.
- 2008: Apulo adalengeza nyimbo zoposa 4 biliyoni zidasindikizidwa komanso kuti adakhala wachiwiri wodulitsa nyimbo za digito ku US
- 2010: Nyimbo zoposa 10 biliyoni zowonongeka.
- 2011: mapulogalamu 15 biliyoni adasulidwa.
Chikhalidwe Chachizindikiro
Zosungirako za iTunes ndi dzina lachizindikiro limene lidzakumbukikiridwa nthawi zonse ngati ntchito yomwe inachititsa makampani ojambula nyimbo. Kupambana kwake kwakukulu kwambiri mpaka lero si kuchuluka kwa mafilimu omwe amachokera m'masitolo ake (ngakhale kuti ndi okongola kwambiri), koma njira yochenjera yomwe amagwiritsira ntchito zipangizo zake kuyendetsa ogula ku iTunes Store yake. Pokhala ndi ma TV ambirimbiri omwe akuwoneka pa Intaneti tsopano akuwonekera, ambiri a iwo amawotcha mafilimu otsika mtengo (nthawi zina), Apulo ayenera kuonetsetsa kuti akukhala ndi zochitika zamakono ndi zamtsogolo kuti athetse mpikisanowo ndikupitirizabe kulamulira.