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From Vinyl to Streaming: How music formats shaped our world
Twenty Thousand Hertz
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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