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		scarface74 on Dec 18, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Twitter's anti-Mastodon filter evasion Napster peaked in 2000. Here is a chart of CD sales https://www.statista.com/chart/amp/12950/cd-sales-in-the-us/ You do not see any sharp drop off because of Napster.

sandworm101 on Dec 18, 2022 [–]

No, but you do see the rise of online distribution, which killed cd sales.

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