iPod RIP: How Apple’s music player transformed an industry

A file photo of customers at an Apple Store wearing headphones as they listen to new Apple iPod nanos in San Francisco, California. After years of declining sales, the US tech giant announced on May 10, 2022, it was stopping production of iPods after 21 years. — AFP

PARIS: At the height of its powers the pocket-sized music player known as the iPod shifted tens of millions of units each year, helping Apple to conquer the globe and transforming the music industry.

But that was the mid-2000s – a lifetime ago in the tech industry. After years of declining sales, the US tech giant announced on May 10 it was stopping production after 21 years.