A na-ebute Ụlọ Ahịa iTunes na April 28, 2003. Echiche Apple dị mfe - nye ụlọ ahịa dị mma ebe ndị mmadụ nwere ike ịzụta ma budata egwu dijitalụ na-achọ. Ná mmalite, ụlọ ahịa ahụ kwadoro 200,000 egwu naanị ndị Mac nwere ike ịzụta na nyefee music na iPod . Ndị ọrụ PC ga-eche ruo n'ọnwa Ọktoba 2003 maka ntọhapụ nke iTunes mbipute iTunes. Taa, Ụlọ Ahịa iTunes bụ onye kasị ere ahịa nke egwu dijitalụ na United States ma ree ihe karịrị ijeri songs 10.
Oge Na-aga n'ihu Na Na Na;
Mgbe mbụ Apple malitere ọrụ iTunes egwu dijitalụ, ọ bịanyelarịrị aka n'umu ihe ndekọ aha ukwu. Aha ukwu dị ka Universal Music Group (UMG), EMI, Warner, Sony, na BMG niile debanyere iji mee ka egwu ha dị na Ụlọ Ahịa iTunes. O doro anya na, Sony na BMG amalitelarị iji mejupụta Sony BMG (otu n'ime nnukwu aha egwu anọ).
Ugbua ike choro ya ma obugh ihe ijuanya na awa iri mgbe onodi uzo ozo biri, o rere ihe dika 275,000 egwu. N'oge na-adịghị anya, ndị mgbasa ozi kwadoro ihe ịga nke ọma ma nyere Apple aka na nkwalite nkwalite dị elu nke mere ka ọ nwee ihe ịga nke ọma.
Mgbasaozi ụwa
N'oge mmalite Apple, Ụlọ ahịa iTunes bụ naanị ndị ahịa US. Nke a gbanwee n'afọ 2004 mgbe e mere usoro Europe. A rụrụ ụlọ ahịa Music iTunes na France, Germany, United Kingdom, Belgium, Italy, Austria, Greece, Finland, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, na Netherlands. Ndị na-eri nri na Kanada ga-echere ruo December 3, 2004, nke bụ mgbe ọpụpụ Europe gafere na Ụlọ Ahịa iTunes.
Mgbasa ozi ụwa nọgidere na-aga n'ihu n'ụwa nile kemgbe afọ na-eme ka Ụlọ Ahịa iTunes bụrụ ọrụ egwu dijitalụ zuru ụwa ọnụ zuru ụwa ọnụ.
Mgbagha DRM
Otu n'ime ihe kachasị ekwu banyere mbipụta na akụkọ ihe mere eme nke iTunes bụ, N'ezie, Digital Rights Management ma ọ bụ DRM maka nkenke. Apple mepụtara nkà na ụzụ DRM ya, nke a na-akpọ Fairplay, nke bụ naanị na iPod, iPhone, na njuaka nke ndị ọzọ egwu egwu dijitalụ. Nye ọtụtụ ndị na-eri ihe, ihe mgbochi DRM dị na mgbasa ozi zụtara (gụnyere vidio) bụ ọkpụkpụ ụka. N'ụzọ dị mma, Apple ugbu a na-ere ọtụtụ n'ime abụ ya n'enweghị nchedo DRM, ọ bụ ezie na mba ụfọdụ, a ka nwere DRM na-echebe egwu n'abụ egwu iTunes.
Mmezu
Apple emeela ọtụtụ ọganihu n'elu afọ, dịka:
- Na-ere egwu 70 n'ime afọ mbụ ya.
- Egwuru egwu vidio 1 na-ere ụbọchị 20 mgbe e bidoro mụọ ya na 2005.
- 2006: 1 ijeri songs ebudatara na uru nke 88% nke egwu iwu download ahịa òkè (US)
- 2007: Ụlọ Ahịa iTunes ghọrọ ebe kachasị ewu ewu na ụwa iji budata fim; E rerela ihe nkiri nke abụọ.
- 2008: Apple kwupụtara ihe karịrị ijeri songs anọ na-ebudata nakwa na ọ ghọwo nke abụọ kachasị ere ahịa nke egwu dijitalụ na United States
- 2010: Ihe karịrị ijeri bita iri na ebudatara.
- 2011: ijeri ngwa iri na ise ebudatara.
Ọnọdụ Iconic
Ụlọ Ahịa iTunes bụ aha akara ngosi nke a ga-echeta mgbe niile dị ka ọrụ na-emepụta ụlọ ọrụ egwu music. Ihe kachasị mma ọ ga - eme n'oge a abụghị ọhụụ nke mgbasa ozi nke si na ụlọ ahịa ya pụta (ọ bụ ezie na ọ dị mma), ma ụzọ amamihe dị na ya o jiri ngwá ọrụ ya na-akwọ ndị na-azụ ahịa ya na Ụlọ Ahịa iTunes. Site na ọtụtụ ọrụ egwu ịntanetị na-apụta ugbu a, ọtụtụ n'ime ha na-enye (mgbe ụfọdụ) ihe ntanetị mgbasa ozi dị ọnụ ala karịa, Apple kwesịrị ijide n'aka na ọ na-ejikọta usoro ihe dị ugbu a na n'ọdịnihu iji wepụ asọmpi ahụ ma nọgide na-achịkwa ya.