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[โ€“] SomeAmateur 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

My journey to mp3s was weird. Phones were already becoming common in high school but I wanted a music player after using the in-game ipod in Metal Gear Solid 4. But iPod classics were expensive and weren't drag and drop. Being on flights and in areas with spotty reception really made me see the value of portable offline music. No ads, no buffering, and no drain on my phone battery.

Yup I still use a standalone player. I got a Sony Walkman NWZ-385 first which was 8GB. It has the best ui I've seen on a player and I still have it. But now I moved on to a Sandisc with a 256GB micro sd card. Before I had to pick and choose but now I can have hours long files just dropped in no prob. And I have it a copy of everything on my pc hard drive.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Used to use an iPod classic with some winamp plugin, but microsd slots in phones basically got rid of the pmp for me.