The World Is Basically Begging for Another iPod
The World Is Basically Begging for Another iPod
And nostalgia is only part of the picture.James Pero (Gizmodo)
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And nostalgia is only part of the picture.James Pero (Gizmodo)
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Powderhorn
in reply to alyaza [they/she] • • •I never had a cable subscription (that I paid for), nor have I ever subscribed to a streaming service (I had Prime for years for the shipping, not the content).
I own things, and I like it, much to the chagrin of the tech bros.
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in reply to kayzeekayzee • • •jlow
in reply to alyaza [they/she] • • •Uh, yes? I have all the mp3s I want to listen to on my phone (and my NAS),I don't need an Ipod for that.
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caurvo
in reply to jlow • • •dmention7
in reply to caurvo • • •If you're moderately tech-inclined, its not super difficult to set up a streaming music server that you can access from anywhere. The most basic solution that almost anyone can spin up is a cheap NAS (or always-on PC), and setting up a VPN between your phone and router to access your library.
From there you can add complexity by configuring a true music server like Navidrome, adding web-facing access, erc
After typing this, I realized maybe you meant completely decoupling music from your phone, not just decoupling the storage
caurvo
in reply to dmention7 • • •djdarren
in reply to dmention7 • • •Navidrome serving up my 200gb library from home, via Tailscale, and all it cost me was the music that I bought* over the years. Oh, and a fiver for Symfonium on my phone. But Feishin is free on my computers.
Then I worked out how to redirect it through the VPS I use for my website, and now I have my own streaming service. It's pretty sweet.
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*well, some of it...
dmention7
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in reply to dmention7 • • •Em Adespoton
in reply to caurvo • • •Really? There’s something appealing to me about decoupling my cellular modem from my phone; I used an iPod Touch instead of a smartphone for years (with Wifi and VoIP).
At this point I have zero interest in a dedicated audio player.
And if I wanted one… my watch holds more MP3s than the original iPod did. I can just play music from my watch.
Or my graphing calculator.
Or, for that matter, my over the ear headphones which have a microSD slot.
caurvo
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luciole (they/them)
in reply to alyaza [they/she] • • •Look. We already have a little computer in our pocket. Besides Apple can go fly a kite with their DRM audio files. Just let me own my phone.
EDIT: iTunes used to sell DRM music a long time ago and then I stopped paying attention. They're DRM free now, my bad.
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in reply to luciole (they/them) • • •I somewhat modernized my old 160GB iPod with this board and a larger battery that seems to last for several days between charges. Oddly, only my Windows install of iTunes detects and syncs with it properly. Any modern version of Apple Music on MacOS sees it as an iPod but tells me to reformat every time.
I find it to be absolutely essential for long trips since Apple Music on Android will automatically "manage" my downloaded songs and I can't listen to them offline anymore once airborne and flying over an ocean.
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in reply to alyaza [they/she] • • •Sorry but
Why would I need another iPod? My phone does everything the iPod did but better, and more. I've loaded it up with all my DRM-free MP3s from Google Play Music before that shut down, and I can watch whatever I want on it offline. Why buy what would certainly be an even more enshittifird iPhone with less features at Apple's totally sensible prices?
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in reply to alyaza [they/she] • • •liminis
in reply to alyaza [they/she] • • •Eternally sad I can't sync my old iPod Classic from highschool with Apple Music. Maybe I need to go find out what replaced What.CD and work out a good storage solution once the current silliness over storage(/RAM) ends.
(On that, I bought a Samsung SATA SSD at the start of the year knowing things would get worse; lo-and-behold, three months later it's x4'd in retail price.)
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