For a while now, iTunes has been the butt of many jokes for years.  It is so outdated that some of it is coded in early Babylonian cuneiform. Now it seems that Apple has worked out that it is probably not worth continuing.

Apple reportedly wrote to people in the music industry recently, announcing the "end of iTunes LPs". The iTunes LP format was first introduced in 2009 and let publishers add interactive artwork, along with assorted iTunes Extras, with their content.

The LP format never achieved great popularity but the fact that Apple plans to ditch iTunes LPs in 2018 potentially hints at the possibility that Apple may stop selling iTunes music downloads shortly.

The Apple email announcing the change was reportedly sent two weeks ago from an address at "The iTunes Store" and signed by "The Apple Music Team." But its existence has only been highlighted now through a report by the UK newspaper The Metro.

"Apple will no longer accept new submissions of iTunes LPs after March 2018. Existing LPs will be deprecated from the store during the remainder of 2018. Customers who have previously purchased an album containing an iTunes LP will still be able to download the additional content using iTunes Match."

But it is unlikely to be the fact that the iTunes software is clunky, but that Apple can make more money out of streaming music.