Death of the iPod: The reason why Apple canceled the iPod

Goodbye, Apple iPod. This week Apple pulled the plug on the iPod, read the real reason why they do that here.

This week, Apple announced that the last iPod left, the iPod touch, has been discontinued and is only available while supplies last. The question is why Apple made this decision.

Real reason Apple has to get rid of the iPod

The decision will not be based solely on money to cancel the product line that made the brand more than just a computer company. After all, profit is still being made with the iPod. No, presumably the truth about the iPod is that music has just gotten too big for it.

Of course, back in 2001, when the first iPod was launched, it was all about freedom. Just like the Sony Walkman had set us free before. The iPod did the unthinkable, packing 1,000 songs into a small, pocket-sized device. We no longer had to listen to the 10 songs on a cassette or CD, or on a homemade mixtape.

end of era

The Apple iPod wasn’t the first digital player, but it was the prettiest, the coolest, and by far the easiest to use.

As time went on, iPods got smaller (mini, shuffle, nano) and added color screens so you could even watch movies on them, like Wall-E. The capacity grew, so you could store much more than 1,000 songs. And building an iPod into the iPhone also helped. It’s fair to say that having an iPod equivalent in every iPhone from the first to the iPhone 13 Pro Max made having a separate device in your pocket less important.

But the big change came when Spotify arrived and meant you could stream music. Apple Music followed and suddenly you didn’t have to put all your music on your device to access it most of the time. And now that streaming services have up to 79 million songs, there isn’t a portable device in the world that can store much more than a fraction of that.