This entire HN thread reads like some fiction made up by a free software activist 15 years ago, as a dystopian cautionary tale. It's all complaints and speculat

This entire HN thread reads like some fiction made up by a free software activist 15 years ago, as a dystopian cautionary tale. It's all complaints and speculations about stuff that just worked back then. Back then we had our music locally and we chose our own players, of which there were many and easy to make another one. Actually, hacking on music playback was easy and not uncommon. We had full control of our musical lives.