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Lack of CD player in newer cars is the main thing holding me back from replacing my '14 prius. I feel safe with my CD collection. Services may rise and fall b
by snickerbockers 2y ago
Lack of CD player in newer cars is the main thing holding me back from replacing my '14 prius.
I feel safe with my CD collection. Services may rise and fall but I will always have a binder full of old CDs, and contrary to popular belief discrot isn't a significant problem as long as they're kept in a dark place. I'm actually young enough to have grown up with MP3 players, but it used to be that the only way (other than piracy) to have a DRM-free copy of your music was to rip it from CD. If you bought it from one of the big online music stores, your $0.99 purchase would forever be locked in to their MP3 player's proprietary DRM scheme.
I also used to use Amazon's MP3 cloud service, wherein you would upload your own music into "the cloud" and it would forever be in your amazon account. Then one day I realized that "forever" only lasts for a few years because they had sent me one e-mail that got caught in my spam filter warning me of "the cloud"'s imminent demise and that I need to download all my MP3's within a month before they're gone forever. Luckily they aren't actually gone forever, because most of them were on my old iPod or were ripped from CDs that I still have but it still soured my opinions against relying on anything I can't control.
Anyways, I still don't trust spotify or other streaming services because I know from experience that silicon valley's definition of "forever" is a lot shorter than the operational lifespan of my CDs.
- Kirby64 2y agoWhy not rip them to a flash drive or your phone and play them however you want? Every infotainment unit has Bluetooth, and some support playing audio via USB.
- thaumasiotes 2y ago> I also used to use Amazon's MP3 cloud service, wherein you would upload your own music into "the cloud" and it would forever be in your amazon account. Then one day I realized that "forever" only lasts for a few years because they had sent me one e-mail that got caught in my spam filter warning me of "the cloud"'s imminent demise and that I need to download all my MP3's within a month before they're gone forever. Luckily they aren't actually gone forever, because most of them were on my old iPod or were ripped from CDs that I still have but it still soured my opinions against relying on anything I can't control. Funny story. I got that email too. But when I visit my Amazon music library, all of those old uploads are still there. They were never deleted. Odds are the music you uploaded to Amazon is still there too.
- crazygringo 2y ago> contrary to popular belief discrot isn't a significant problem as long as they're kept in a dark place And where humidity is low. And where it doesn't get hot. Disc rot is absolutely a thing if you live somewhere hot and humid.
- ncr100 2y agoHave a stereo store (or do it yourself) add one? Or a USB drive: https://www.autopartstoys.com/products/apt-2018-2021-toyota-prius-usb-cd-player-aptusbcd01-ty-8?srsltid=AfmBOorzeFXRrR7EuCoi1LRDEEYwAy7YXHcyI67e2PKAIeUYe6xCfiYH https://www.autopartstoys.com/products/apt-2018-2021-toyota-...