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[Robbie]

Indeed. Remember when sales were shit generally around 2003-7? That was when illegal downloading was at its peak before iTunes really made a name for themselves. Music hasn't just suddenly got twice as popular.

Ah, the glory years of Limewire! I have to admit that I used to do a lot of illegal downloading back then, first using Limewire from May 2005 then moving over to Frostwire the following year. I had downloaded some tracks (legally) in September 2005 when Virgin Digital launched but decided to stick to getting music for free. However once I started downloading from iTunes in late 2010 I uninstalled Frostwire and haven't illegally downloaded anything since. These days it's all about streaming for me too. In 2011 to 2013 I was downloading dozens of tracks each year but since I opened a Spotify account in 2014 I've hardly downloaded anything. So far this year I've downloaded a mere 4 tracks.