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I am a simple man. I play a track. That track is played. No commercials, no promos, no greyed out tracks because of licensing issues. I press stop. The sound st

I am a simple man. I play a track. That track is played. No commercials, no promos, no greyed out tracks because of licensing issues. I press stop. The sound stops. The toolset is cheaper. It lasts longer. It sounds better. It's a standard that works with a wide span of devices. There's no security risks. There's no hijacking the attention span. You do you, man.

joshstrange 4y ago
What world are you living in where Apple Music (subscription or just the app with your own tracks) or something like a paid Spotify subscription don't give you this? We can ignore the subscription and look just at the Apple Music app which supports DRM-free music without issue, has no commercials, no promos, no licensing issues. You are describing an experience that everyone can have today, using CarPlay, using Apple Music or any other music playing app that has CarPlay support. At worse just skip CarPlay and Bluetooth or Aux-in to your car (with the dongle).
- 57FkMytWjyFu 4y ago
  Well, for one, there's no hole anymore to plug in these perfectly good headphones. For two, I didn't need an internet connection to play local files. Three, I didn't need 3 different battery emplacements, one was sufficient. Four, I don't have to leave my front door unlocked to look out the window (bluetooth attack surface). Five - Spotify and probably apple music inject content I don't want to listen to, don't respect my shuffle choices, and sell everything I listen to and linger on to anyone with a cent and a pulse. Six - My headphones will last at least an order of magnitude longer than your AirPods. Seven - When i open up my stock music player, it won't need to 'update' (where updates are acutally prebuffered crap (remember that U2 album?) and title cards and features I do not require for my application experience. There's a reason Apple stopped making the iPod. It wasn't for your benefit. It was to monetize your habits, and enslave your consumer urges. I know people who have lost 5 digit music collections, because Apple just paved over them, knowing they'd line right up to buy it all over again.

joshstrange 4y ago

What world are you living in where Apple Music (subscription or just the app with your own tracks) or something like a paid Spotify subscription don't give you this? We can ignore the subscription and look just at the Apple Music app which supports DRM-free music without issue, has no commercials, no promos, no licensing issues. You are describing an experience that everyone can have today, using CarPlay, using Apple Music or any other music playing app that has CarPlay support. At worse just skip CarPlay and Bluetooth or Aux-in to your car (with the dongle).

57FkMytWjyFu 4y ago
Well, for one, there's no hole anymore to plug in these perfectly good headphones. For two, I didn't need an internet connection to play local files. Three, I didn't need 3 different battery emplacements, one was sufficient. Four, I don't have to leave my front door unlocked to look out the window (bluetooth attack surface). Five - Spotify and probably apple music inject content I don't want to listen to, don't respect my shuffle choices, and sell everything I listen to and linger on to anyone with a cent and a pulse. Six - My headphones will last at least an order of magnitude longer than your AirPods. Seven - When i open up my stock music player, it won't need to 'update' (where updates are acutally prebuffered crap (remember that U2 album?) and title cards and features I do not require for my application experience. There's a reason Apple stopped making the iPod. It wasn't for your benefit. It was to monetize your habits, and enslave your consumer urges. I know people who have lost 5 digit music collections, because Apple just paved over them, knowing they'd line right up to buy it all over again.