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“Sometimes It Snows in April” by Prince

The screenshot is from an iPhone, on which uBlock isn’t an available option.

“Keeping the Faith” from his album An Innocent Man.

Glazba. It’s a music player that allows for playing files in various formats, including FLAC. Song files can be uploaded to the phone through the app via web browser over Wi-Fi, or it can play music files stored on any of several cloud-storage services. Considering that I’ve ripped my entire 1000+ CD collection to FLAC, and considering that my collection contains a number of albums not available through streaming services, this app has been quite useful.

It’s a good story, but it turns out to be a folk etymology. Two good articles discuss this issue: one from the New York Times and one from Computerworld.

It’s a good story, but it’s a folk etymology.

See the articles in the New York Times and Computerworld.