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# Will The Browser & Mobile Apps Replace The iPod?
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/will-the-browser-mobile-apps-replace-the-ipod/
- Published: 2009-06-29T05:55:00.000Z
- Updated: 2009-06-29T05:55:00.000Z
- Description: Could the growing popularity and sophistication of streaming services from Spotify to Last.fm and mobile apps from Pandora to Sirius unseat the dominance of the iPod? Gerd Leonard thinks so,. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2009/06/will-the-browser-mobile-apps-replace-the-ipod.html
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Uncategorized, music, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:03

[![Broswer is the new iPod](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201157090cdf2970c-450wi "Broswer is the new iPod")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201157090cdf2970c-pi?ref=hypebot.com)

Could the growing popularity and sophistication of streaming services from Spotify to Last.fm and mobile apps from Pandora to Sirius unseat the dominance of the iPod? [Gerd Leonard](http://www.gerdleonhard.com/?ref=hypebot.com) thinks so, and he's got some data to back it up. 

Most importantly Leonard warns the music industry to get ready for the shift: sell access  
not (just) copies, learn to bundle and package. As [Kevin Kelly](http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2008/01/better%5Fthan%5Ffre.php?ref=hypebot.com) wrote, "When copies are free you need to sell things that can't be copied". More on the [MidemNet blog](http://midemnetblog.typepad.com/midemnet%5Fblog/2009/06/the-browser-is-the-new-ipod-and-the-mobile-application-is-the-new-cd.html?ref=hypebot.com).