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Evolution of recorded-music revenue over the last 50 years (files.mastodon.social)

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[–] sqgl@beehaw.org 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It would have been less confusing to have vertical lines rather than an x axis however they wanted it to look like a soundwave. However even though I am an electronic musician who works with soundwaves I didn't notice the metaphor until reading the comment here.