We didn’t know how good we had it..

[landelare@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@stux I think we did. The part we got wrong was the expectation that things would continue to get better.

[ninetiger@writing.exchange]

@stux

[imaginaryuncle@masto.nu]

@MasterMischief @stux I was at the in between stage

[nagaram@gts.thinkstoomuch.net]

@failedLyndonLaRouchite

I feel like you're being willfully obtuse here.

The comparison isn't between live music and an iPod its between a streaming app that's probably serving AI generated music and actually buying music from artists like we did during the iPod era.

Its a criticism of the corporate digital hellscape we're in. The reason we're on Mastodon and not on Twitter or Bluesky. How is this not an obvious theme to you?

[mighty_orbot@retro.pizza]

@djtoebeans Two words: Cargo pants.

[natanox@chaos.social]

@stux I'M GOOOOING UUUNDEEEER…~

[rridley@fosstodon.org]

@stux I miss my Sidekick sometimes I'd love a modern version of that

[failedlyndonlarouchite@mas.to]

@nagaram
well, like the alien in MiBIII says, lets agree to disagree

[dotomnivorous@mastodon.world]

@stux You've reminded me of my favorite old phone, the LG Chocolate. It died when my toddler put it in the cat's water dish.

https://www.thetechedvocate.org/lg-chocolate-review-lg-chocolate/

[evaw@mastodon.world]

@stux We had https://kaleidoscopestoyou.com/collections/kaleidoscopet

[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!