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From Cylinders to Streaming

Twenty Thousand Hertz

CHAPTER

The Importance of Convenience Over Quality

In the early 2000s, most people didn't have tech that could support MP3s. Hit Clips was a cartridge the size of a thumbnail that could play back courses of radio singles. These were made for children and mostly distributed through kid-friendly sources like McDonald's Happy Meals. Today MP3s are still the dominant format; we just stream them over the internet using our phones or computers.

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