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I don’t think that’a true. Too many years have passed so I cannot cite makes and models, but I worked in an IT magazine back then and there were mp3 players wit

by blue1 2y ago

I don’t think that’a true. Too many years have passed so I cannot cite makes and models, but I worked in an IT magazine back then and there were mp3 players with a lot of buttons, not unlike those overcomplicated VHS recorders which sold on “features”.

realusername 2y ago
That's true, those also existed but what I've seen, they were not bought as much as the cheap kind. The ipod gave a reason to pay extra, those half way though products really did not. I had one similar to those https://i.pinimg.com/originals/95/43/8b/95438b86a98370a741c2e76bcfa9ba33.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/originals/95/43/8b/95438b86a98370a741c2... Those things really didn't have a single real feature beyond playing music and recording with a microphone in the settings (which nobody really used) The screen and processing power was way too bad to do anything else anyways, even if they wanted to.