• ProfessorProteus@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    You mean there’s more of me out there?!

    ✅ No buffering, music starts instantly

    ✅ No connection issues

    ✅ No monthly money drain

    ✅ No arbitrary access or availability revocation

    ❌ No immediate access to any song I want to hear, but

    ✅ I’m patient

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        1 year ago

        You know, I considered “fixing” that before hitting reply, but I figured the overall sentiment of my comment would make its way through.

        I used a check and an x, to represent positive and negative. I could have gone with ➕ / ➖, so that’s on me.

        It’s only a friendly comment, why you have to be mad?

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      Yes friend, we are one in the same. I still have the last gen iPod I use in my car. It has Bluetooth and I still even use the 3.5mm audio jack instead. I’m old and hate most new music coming out anyway. And if I do want to check something out I still preview it on Apple Music. If nothing else it’s an entirely private and secure way to consume music.

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        I salute your commitment to the audio jack. I no longer have that luxury, but it is what it is, and I love my phone despite that glaring flaw. Wish it had an FM receiver too, but oh well.

        If nothing else it’s an entirely private and secure way to consume music.

        Amen to that. I’ve got my weird guilty pleasures that I go to occasionally and there’s no reason anyone else needs to know why I listen to a couple of specific dubstep songs as often as I do. If that theoretical information ever got leaked, would it even matter? Probably not, but I’m able to enjoy the music more if I can listen in my own world with no strings attached.

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          This is one of the biggest things I’ve enjoyed since I ditched spotify and started building up my own library again. It feels way more personal somehow.

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        1 year ago

        Had a first Gen ipod permanently in my car from 2011 to just last year. Only took it out because head unit died and I put the factory one back in. iPod still works

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        1 year ago

        I mean… That’s not immediate, but it’s close depending on the music and it’s availability

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      No immediate access to any song I want to hear, but

      WDYM? If you want to listen before full download, there are some FUSE download managers on linux.

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      1 year ago

      It takes me no longer to gain immediate access then it does for a stream user to search and play the stream, even with rare or weird songs.