The AOL-Time Warner merger gives the latter an online outlet, through the former, for its music. Choice can be a burden. Cell phones clearly have made us more rude. But they also keep us obnoxiously in touch. There is a point where technology's tendency to isolate runs smack into human nature, and people bend new tools to their age-old need for companionship.
Television is still an icebreaker.
People meet over the Internet and get married. And some folks might find the notion of a hovering celestial jukebox a bit too creepy and controlled. That's not to say it won't happen, just that it might serve a complementary role. People will still go to crowded record stores to lay hands on CD jewel cases and flip through liner notes. Anybody who thinks otherwise misreads the nature of attachment, especially to all things pop.