[kj] OT: Fuck Apple

[Neil Perry]

What??
Fuck it. Just the other day I thought I might buy another one as mine is
getting on
a bit. It takes my entire music collection with a few GB to spare.
With you on streaming. Bollox to it.

On 13 September 2014 23:29, T.B. <planetary at socal.rr.com> wrote:

> With no prior warning, Apple discontinued their 160GB iPod Classic last
> week (the same day they rolled out their new junk).  The iPod Classic
> basically replaced the need for me to drag around a bunch of CDs in my car
> or even more hassle, burn CD-R "compilations."  Although I was kind of late
> jumping on the Apple/iPod bandwagon, once I got a car stereo with a USB
> connection around '05 or '06 and my original 80GB iPod, that really changed
> how I listened to music.  I got back into having a portable player wherever
> I went like the old Walkman days and making giant 3+ hour long playlists
> and having literally weeks' worth of (uncompressed CD quality) music in my
> pocket or car reinvigorated my interest in a *lot* of bands.  A big bonus
> was and is the fact the USB cable keeps the iPod battery charged.  When
> Apple offered the 160GB, it was so great to have all that storage space for
> lossless music.
>
> Apparently a couple days ago when it was discontinued, Apple demanded that
> all retailers box up existing stock of iPod Classics and send them back to
> Apple.  They are literally gone from 99% of all retailers by this weekend.
> The resale price on places like eBay and Amazon resellers especially for
> new, unused Classics instantly shot through the roof.  I look forward to
> finding another non-Apple solution to listen to music so I can shitcan
> fucking iTunes as well.
>
> T.B.
>
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