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by dghlsakjg 868 days ago
iTunes started as a free utility for organizing and playing mp3s for mac users, then Windows support was added. For the first few years you couldn't even spend money on it if you wanted, then they added the iTunes store without removing any functionality, and still charged nothing.

What it is now is absolutely blatant consumerism, but you are misremembering what iTunes originally was.