Post #2379598
2026-05-04 02:12 UTC
Replies (5)
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@PerfectDark@lemmy.world 2026-05-04 02:21
Oh sorry, I didn’t mean to give the impression that I was giving up my phone, or that these devices are designed to replace phones at all. I’m certainly not refusing to use my phone, in the slightest. But I have been taking slight steps to make sure I use it less. I think something like this has been great fun, I own my music, I curate it (which is fun), collect it, transfer it to a device like this one the Snowsky Echo I just had delivered, and I don’t support a streaming company like Spotify! “…these dumb devices purported to replace phones” I guess we could make the argument that these dumb devices (like the original Sony Walkman) have existed longer than phones have been the daily carry item, too! I don’t think digital audio players will disappear in 5 years’ time. It might not be the popular choice, but it is still a choice to use them. This article I wrote is just kinda part why-I-have-decided-to-look-at-music-players, and part review.
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@mesamunefire@piefed.social 2026-05-04 02:22
I have the same ipod for the last 10 years. My ebook reader is from 12+ years ago. I see young people buying vynals for some reason. When everything is an app to be streamed, physical goods seem to have an appeal.
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@Sirence@feddit.org 2026-05-04 08:16
The purpose for most people is just to use the phone less, not replace it entirely. I went back to my mp3 player for music because I found that when I was streaming music I would start skipping tracks all the time and basically just listen to the same few songs even though I could have listened to literally anything, which is apparently a quite common thing called choice paralysis. Plus while I was skipping tracks, I would also start reading the notifications on my phone, and then I would start answering the notifications and basically just use my phone when it wasn't necessary. Now I have a smaller selection of songs I really like and I don't skip around on my mp3 player and I also have no incentive to use my phone while listening to music.
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@thehatfox@lemmy.world 2026-05-04 08:19
Every smartphone platform has media player apps available that can play locally stored media files. Seems a better idea to me to use the device already there just in a different way. There’s also plenty of great media player hardware on the used market if people really must have a dedicated device for this.
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@CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 2026-05-04 17:03
Ive been searching for years for a 'dumbish' music player to give to someone with developmental disabilities. Something that *can* play streaming services but that doesn't also need a phone to control it. Essentially a streaming-enabled 90s boom box and/or iPod Touch without a bunch of social media apps but nothing like this exists. There is the Mighty music player but this needs a phone to setup, can only play a single preset playlist, and is pretty expensive for what it is. Additionally, this only works with headphones which isnt always ideal.