We didn’t know how good we had it..

[jotaluis@mastodon.social]

@stux I think our souls started to loose freedom from those times on.

[molotovbeaver@mastodon.social]

@stux At this point I will take it compared to the spyware fiesta of useless apps made by ketamin addicted schizos that can't even accomplish what some random piece of plastic shit from 20 years ago did without fail for years.
At this point might downgrade to old bullshit like pictured, just to get out of cattlenomics focus, ads based cuckeri, and endless jumping of hops just to keep shit tolerable.

[bakachu@infosec.exchange]

@stux the convergent device was a mistake.

[jeroensky@mastodon.social]

@stux I still have my PSP1004EU (first generation playstation portable) in good condition, no scratches. It had Dark Alex alternative firmware (play iso games), but i updated it to latest original firmware. What will people pay for it today if i say i also have movie and game UMD discs for PSP

[jeroensky@mastodon.social]

@imaginaryuncle @MasterMischief @stux First discmans didn't have a memory buffer of say 30 seconds music). So the audio skipped often when it moves to fast. The discmans with audio buffer are awesome, nomore audio skipping.

But hey, as Audiophile i say: who want 16bit 44.1KHz pcm stereo if their is Hi-Res audio (like 24bit 384 KHz 5.1 multichannel)

[jhooper@techhub.social]

@stux @broximar I got a Palm Tungsten TX I use as an MP3 player. If the sound quality was higher, I'd recommend it as the devices are pretty inexpensive

[maccruiskeen@social.linux.pizza]

@stux Some pockets are pretty heavy.

[jhooper@techhub.social]

@broximar @stux 3DSes are so expensive now. I'm trying to get an Anbernic RGDS ($99) to play 3DS games, but it isn't going too well.

[jhooper@techhub.social]

@lxskllr @stux I'm mostly frustrated by the subscription and spyware found with most cell phones. I miss when ownership of the device was a feature, not a bug.

[bammerlaan@mastodon.nl]

@stux I still use an mp3-player running #Rockbox. #Audiophile proof and there's still affordable devices being sold that can run it!

[lxskllr@mastodon.world]

@jhooper @stux

Yea, I'm on board with that. It annoys me I can't do exactly what I want with the phone. The root user is the one that owns the computer. I don't have root, so who owns it?

Just yesterday, I made another look into installing fonts. Can't do it. Samsung will let you choose from their selection. Proprietary apps may or may not let you do it on non Samsung, or you can use root, which I don't have. It's all so pointlessly hostile.

[hyperbolix@troet.cafe]

@MasterMischief @stux I'm on your team. That thing ate double-A batteries like chips. Good times.

[jhooper@techhub.social]

@lxskllr @stux it's built into the device from the very core. I prefer when I had actual control with what I did with my devices.

[space_burger_steve@mstdn.ca]

@failedLyndonLaRouchite @stux The real joke is that millenials are old enough for this specific kind of midlife crisis joke.

Just put on some rose tinted glasses, pretend systemic problems are new, and blame the toys people entertain themselves with for the "change."

It drove me nuts when I was a teenager and boomers did it, it was embarrassing when I saw my fellow gen x do it, this is just the next generation taking up the mantle of middle aged crankiness.

[failedlyndonlarouchite@mas.to]

@Space_Burger_Steve @stux

I can imagine my parents, born in the 1930s, groaning about how their parents thought 78rpm vinyl was somehow better or more human or more authentic

[s1m0n4@ohai.social]

@stux
That's because you want to go vintage.

I bought this last year: no Bluetooth, just a headset with integrated MP3 player. And you can also swim with it.

https://electronics.sony.com/audio/walkman-digital-recorders/walkman-mp3-players/p/nwws413bm

@broximar

[michaelormsby@mastodon.art]

@stux They’ll have to pry my iPod from my cold, dead fingers…

[jan@mastodon.scot]

@michaelormsby @stux I just powered up my old iPod Nano and it still had 1,500 songs — not sure if my library aged well, time for a listen

[raddledotme@ni.hil.ist]

@stux i did, but they stopped making those.

[daedalouseros@hollow.raccoon.quest]

@stux@mstdn.social I actually recently bought a Walkman NW-A55. I've been just downloading music to my phone for a few years now, but with how much room it's starting to take up it seemed like a good idea to just get a dedicated device again. I haven't regretted the decision to go back to a dedicated music player; it's so much better.