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The testimonies seem to be of people who have no reason to throw away a perfectly good music player, rather than "obsessed diehards".

• chrisseaton 9y ago
  They sound pretty die-hard to me. And the majority say they'll buy another one so they aren't just keeping using it because it still works. > I loathe iTunes with the passion of every sun in the known universe > If my Zune breaks, definitely look for another Zune first. > I found out that they stopped making [the Zune], so I had to go to eBay > I vastly prefer the Zune device user interface > I'll probably see if I can get a replacement Zune online
  • hbex5 9y ago
    It must be nice to live in a world so isolated that smartphones just completely passed you by. Imagine being the diehard Zune fan who felt his best option for a replacement was going all in with Windows Phone.
    • coldtea 9y ago
      >Imagine being the diehard Zune fan who felt his best option for a replacement was going all in with Windows Phone It could be worst, they could be rocking the Dell Ditty. (Yeah, someone in 2015 thought this could be answer to the iPod: https://www.cnet.com/products/dell-dj-ditty-512mb/review/ https://www.cnet.com/products/dell-dj-ditty-512mb/review/ )
    • bananicorn 9y ago
      The article states some of the reasons one might have for still owning a zune: > The thing is, with your phone, if you download an app like Spotify, they're asking for access to data on your phone, it's connected to the internet, and they track your location, which they sell to third-party vendors. But the Zune isn't connected to the internet at all, and what I like about the Zune is the privacy element.
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      • ant6n 9y ago
        I use an app that plays mp3 files off the storage.
        • bananicorn 9y ago
          That's pretty neat, actually - what do you use? (And for which device?)
          • StavrosK 9y ago
            I rounded up a few apps a while ago, Phonograph was the best for me (for Android).
          • ant6n 9y ago
            I use music folder player on android, since I like to arrange my music in folders (many apps organize by id3 tags, and I don't feel like fixing them on my mp3s, plus it limits the organization).
      • zimpenfish 9y ago
        > and they track your location Having just checked, Spotify has no location permissions on iOS.
        • skocznymroczny 9y ago
          And do you trust them to respect those permissions?
          • zimpenfish 9y ago
            No, I mean they don't have any permissions at all - not that they're turned off. Also I'm reasonably confident in iOS's privacy settings when it comes to apps.
  • baldfat 9y ago
    > I loathe iTunes with the passion of every sun in the known universe They seem spot on
    • neilsimp1 9y ago
      I mean, besides those that might not know anything different, is there anybody that likes iTunes?
      • suprfnk 9y ago
        Apple, apparently.
        • baldfat 9y ago
          Do they? I have a feeling that Apple knows that much of their software is sub-par. If it wasn't for their hardware....
        • WorldMaker 9y ago
          Even Apple lately seems to be apologizing for bundling so many things into iTunes. At a Microsoft event this year Apple said they plan to have a more streamlined iTunes in the Windows Store late this year/early next year (to target Windows 10 S users especially), and surely that is a fascinating sign of the times if ever there was one.