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A bit off topic, but i wonder why no music streaming service (eg Spotify) makes dedicated hardware with iPod Shuffle like semantics (but 1000x more storage, sto
by skrebbel 5y ago
A bit off topic, but i wonder why no music streaming service (eg Spotify) makes dedicated hardware with iPod Shuffle like semantics (but 1000x more storage, store just about all music you ever played plus lots of discovery stuff).
I can't be the only one who wants to be able to disconnect but still enjoy music, right? (and doesn't have a huge mp3 collection)
I bet on the inside it could just be a cheapo android phone with wifi but no gsm and the whole OS locked down to the Spotify app on extra-aggressive-make-available-offline-mode. I'd totally buy that and switch to whichever music service sells it.
- paulcole 5y agoSmartphones have airplane mode and you can download from Apple Music (and probably other streaming services) to play offline. I don't own a smartphone but carry an iPod touch everywhere and downloading to it works fine for me.
- skrebbel 5y agoWait, you can download music from streaming services to your iPod touch?
- paulcole 5y agoYes. I’ve done it with Apple Music, Amazon Music, and YouTube Music. https://support.apple.com/guide/ipod-touch/add-music-and-listen-offline-iph0cff2d191/ios https://support.apple.com/guide/ipod-touch/add-music-and-lis...
- bosie 5y agoSpotify would presumably also have to lift the offline limits they are imposing at the moment. It seems to be around 10k songs, which doesn't make much sense to build a dedicated hardware around.