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Originally Posted by extrashaky
You should be shocked then. 2014 was the first year in history that digital music sold more than CDs, and only by a small margin. That was only nine months ago, so I doubt there's been a drastic change considering how long digital media has been around. As of the end of the year, still nearly half the sales were CDs. If you lump all physical media together (CDs, vinyl, etc.), digital media was still selling less than physical media.
I suspect that CDs will hit a level above 30% and stay there. New CDs from Amazon now come with the digital download as well, so that you can order the physical CD but also download it and start playing it immediately while waiting for the delivery of the CD. That appeals to a lot of us more aged people who like to have a license rooted in a physical medium that we can sell, trade or leave to our kids.
The car has a CD player for a reason. That reason is that Toyota and Subaru have market research suggesting that their target market for this car still use CDs. It wouldn't be there otherwise.
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My 2008 Acura TL had a tape deck.... in 2008, when very very few people used tape cassettes anymore. Sometimes car companies are behind the curve as far as tech trends go.
Sales data of CD vs digital music doesn't tell you much. A huge number of people people who use digital music pirate it. I suspect way way way more people pirate digital music than actually pay for it. I wouldn't be surprised if it were a 2:1 or 3:1 ratio.
Btw, as far as sales goes. About 1/3rd are from physical sales and the other 2/3rds are from digital sales or streaming. And most people who stream music don't pay for it (they use the free option) and also that doesn't take into consideration all the illegal piracy that goes on (which is huge). So, when taking into consideration free streaming and music piracy, CD usage is most certainly less than 25%.