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mesa@piefed.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days ago

The Terminal Demise Of Consumer Electronics Through Subscription Services

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The Terminal Demise Of Consumer Electronics Through Subscription Services

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mesa@piefed.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days ago
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Open any consumer electronics catalog from around the 1980s to the early 2000s and you are overwhelmed by a smörgåsbord of devices, covering any audio-visual and similar entertainment and hobby nee…
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    I don’t have subscriptions for anything or license keys. What are people doing?

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      Consuming. Blindly.

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      I remember Microsoft revoking my license keys for a 2011 Office Suite disk which were supposed to be a one-time purchase. Since then I gave them the middle finger and installed pirated copies on every single family member’s device.

      They could have had a loyal lifetime customer but broke my trust and now they have a full family of non-customers.

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    I’m currently looking for a dependable MP3 player that is not $800.

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      Are you saying the one you have in mind is 800 bucks or is that your budget?

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        That was a typo. I meant to say NOT $800. Sony Walkman has options from $3600 to $400. I want to spend under $100, but I don’t want garbage either.

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          Get a used iPod. Load it with RythmBox, swap the hard drive for a few hundred gigs of SD cards and you’re golden.

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            I want Bluetooth though

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              Okay This is after 5 minutes of Googling. There are a few cheaper options out there.

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          This is all secondhand, but people seem to like Shanling as a brand

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      I had a Sansa Fuse about a decade + ago.

      Is there an issue with getting a used smartphone with no service and a headphone jack?

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        I might just do this. I was hoping for something a little smaller. I might use a rooted android phone and use a minimalist launcher.

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      FiiO has some that aren’t super pricey (they run a range, their entry level stuff is usually really affordable), their amps and DACs are pretty solid in my experience so I’d totally look into one, second hand would definitely be an option there too.

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        I like the echo mini. It looks like a cassette player

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      Check out Tangara https://www.crowdsupply.com/cool-tech-zone/tangara

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        This is exactly what I want. This would be so cool. I’m weary of crowd funding and you can’t buy it anyway.

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