dedicated devices are nice, and always have been :)
So what are the chances Apple starts making iPods again? It’s getting more and more traction. It’d absolutely make a profit. The only thing that’d stop them from doing it is that it’d be weird.
MP3 players are commodities now. Anyone who just wants iPod functionality can get it cheap, and there are even upmarket options for audiophiles with support for things like low impedance headphones that the iPod never supported.
There’s just not enough room in the market for Apple to re-insert themselves.
Also, they’d never ship a product that couldn’t somehow use AppleMusic.
I still use mine from time to time, but am kinda out of the torrenting game and stuck with my old music. What are people using to get songs now a days?
My go-tos are (in order of success):
- Going to the library or local record stores.
- Going on bandcamp to support artists.
- Archive.org
- Youtube-dl or other such services.
I haven’t had any issues for a long time now.
