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2026-07-10 19:38 UTC
@mr_daemon@untrusted.website i imagine the ease of synchronization is why the ipod actually took off back then, whereas non-apple digital audio players didn't
for me as someone who used to download MP3s of unknown provenance and rip stuff off CDs to then poorly apply tags based on what the back of the box said, the appeal probably wasn't there, but for someone who bought their music off itunes, manual copying probably felt outright barbarian
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@mr_daemon@untrusted.website 2026-07-10 19:41
@rnd@toot.cat It's really a bit of both -- I had early MP3 players, like, with compact flash cards holding maybe a dozen low bitrate songs at best, and also minidisc players, where the manual management was just part of it, much like burning CDs But then early iTunes really threw in the whole "what if it was just your whole library in there with nice tags and search and it would sync automatically to your giant roomy iPod?" and that was so convenient it made it hard to downgrade