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https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/26/dotxxwxdueopzuqsjwdo.jpg?quality=75970546Music streaming is the future, apparently, which means the digital download had a bright and brief existence – lasting from the end of the 1990s to (presumably) the end of the 2010s. But before you erase all your carefully collected MP3s from the disk and close down the iTunes Store for the last time, we’ve […]