In the process, he triggered upheavals in computing, music, telecoms and the news business that were painful for incumbent firms but welcomed by millions of consumers.

在这个过程中，他引发了计算、音乐、电信和新闻行业的剧变，这些变动对现有公司来说是痛苦的，但却受到了数百万消费者的欢迎。

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When the company introduced its App Store on iTunes, millions of users already accustomed to buying music through iTunes could quickly acquire apps for any iPhone, iPod, or iPad on the network.

当苹果公司把应用商店引入iTunes的时候，几百万用户已经习惯于在iTunes上购买音乐，他们能够快捷地为任意一部iPhone、iPod或iPad从网络上获取应用。

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In particular, its iTunes Store gives it control of the tollgate through which billions of paid-for music tracks and albums, videos and apps cascade down to millions of customers worldwide.

尤其是，苹果通过iTunes Store，掌控着一个巨大的收费门户，数十亿付费音乐、视频和应用通过它流向遍及全球的数百万用户。

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Changing the format of music to MP3 ultimately lead the way for millions of consumers to embrace services like Spotify to play their favorite music.

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The margins in this business are going to be wafer thin, so Spotify cannot afford to be a minor player in the US market - it's got to do what it has achieved in Europe and prove that millions are prepared to pay for access to music.

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Yet for a few artists, music alone is a viable path to earning millions.

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