The more we deconstruct and take apart iTunes, the more we come to respect how it cannot exist independent of the system it's a part of. Its scope and scale and its history and future all indicate that there is more to it than just a store and that it might be a platform in its own right. We get into some more details about all these details and talk about where it came from and where we think it will end up.

Links for this episode:

• The Conundrum of iTunes’ Recognition of Revenues | asymco
• So long, break-even | asymco
• 5by5 | Screen Time #30: TableTop Day (with Boyan Radakovich)
• Geek and Sundry | TableTop

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