It is piracy, not overt online music stores, which is our main competitor.
Interpretation
Steve Jobs emphasizes that piracy is a bigger threat to the music industry than legitimate online music services.
In this quote, Steve Jobs points out that the primary challenge for the music industry is not competition from legal online music platforms, but rather the prevalence of music piracy. This highlights the ongoing struggle that creators face when their works can be easily obtained for free through illegal means, undermining the business models of legitimate services.
In practice
During a speech about music streaming at a tech conference.
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the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.
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