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I also recommend Fitgirl.

I don't know. The lawyers we hire for him seem to do effectively nothing, but his situation only gets worse rather than better. It's like I'm paying for the illusion of having a lawyer, rather than paying for one. The case is a swiss cheese of contradictions, we literally have a document proving he didn't commit the "crime" the prosecution are falsely claiming he did - but hey, it's been apparently more than a month since that document came out. It's just surreal. Everyone is an incompetent asshole and my brother is paying for that.

But I'm keeping my head up as much as I can. It's only really over when we reunite and he sleeps among his family, instead of on the floor in the company of uniformed thugs.

Thanks for your kind words. I hope your friend never ever has to see the inside of a cell again.

Well said.

My brother is currently in jail. The things I hear about that particular jail keep me on edge, and I try hard to just keep going as is while trying what I can to get him out sooner. Over three months because he reported a crime that happened to him, only to be turned into a suspect for a "crime" he didn't commit.

I share your offense at the thought that getting bossed by bastards in a locked cell is somehow a good thing, even if your point of comparison is homelessness.

I'm reminded of a few things. Enpass giving away Pro subscriptions, then years later on adding a higher tier, Premium. Nova's Prime will apparently become just one tier of many premium tiers for the app. Podcast Addict adding another subscription on top of the premium IAP.

This kind of shit happens all the time, and Plex could do it. Good thing I'm already with Jellyfin.

Here comes the Epstein class bootlicking committee again...

I want one with digital storefronts

Yeah, that was a thing. They planned to shut down the store and that didn't come to pass for the Vita and PS3. Plan went through for the PSP though.

I'd take Mineclonia (Luanti) over... the other Minecraft alternatives whatever they are. At least the way Luanti is built, you literally own it, there isn't some account service keeping you from playing until you sign in, you're at no threat of an account migration or having the game enshittified for an addon marketplace, the Luanti engine and its games are moddable by design... Yeah, things I can't say about whatever the mainstream alternatives are.

Mineclonia is fairly close to just being Minecraft, too. I built a huge house and worked my way to the Ender Dragon again. It's rough around the edges, everything makes the same walking sounds, but it is practically the game I've been playing since Beta 1.2 with different assets and slightly different physics.

My favorite thing that dictators do. Denying reality and gaslighting you.

And I love my Vita! Still wish I got a PSP along with it though, always wanted one as a kid.

They'll be shut down this year? Have you got a source I could look at, cause that's news to me.

Same. Wouldn't have even known it was Han Solo's line myself.

The majority of people

Stop using such shit excuses. Keep Android Open!!

It only sounds like magic because all of you succeeded at speedrunning "you will own nothing and you'll be happy" into coming true, music, videos, games, books and even OSes (reminder for keepandroidopen.org). But it's not magic. If you can download cat photos and memes, you can save and play MP3s. I've taken this feature for granted, and so can you.

Bandcamp lets you download music in several formats. I think Apple Music and Amazon are still viable for MP3s (but eugh supporting US oligarchs, Bandcamp is also US). Some people graciously offer MP3s on SoundCloud. When all else fails, use NewPipe or an app to convert YouTube videos into local MP3 files - in fact you may find links to buy and/or free download music albums in the description. Nothing about this is magic, and shouldn't be.

The author is unnecessarily making the rebellion against enshittification harder, and neglecting to mention you can start now with current hardware to achieve the same desired results. You don't need an iPod.

I went ahead and read the rest. It's like the author is pretending Android only has Spotify and clones, and nothing to do the iPod's thing. If you don't have a system music player, go find one on Google Play or F-Droid. I had PowerAmp and ditched it because of its online activation DRM scheme, and for a while I had Musicolet before it had a subscription tier attached to it, and jumped apps until I settled on Retro Music, for now. A better app might dethrone it. Come to think of it, that's a pro over the iPod, it's stuck with Apple's idea of the music player back then, but Android lets you choose upcoming and past players.

The intentionality of putting gigabytes of tracks and curating them after the fact is definitely way easier with Android, too.

Okay. I read a bit of the article. By a bit I mean I made it to the part where the iPod HDD and battery have been modded. This dude is leaving out half his side of the story.

You need to get MP3s for the iPod. Did the dude even try to put those same MP3s on their phone? Who knows. They spent a lot whinging about streaming apps and their enshittification, really funny. Local music apps are set up and forget affairs, I use Retro Music from F-Droid - zero enshittification, no subscription fees, and that version is free. The author can use it too.

I'm certainly no iPod modder, but I'm pretty sure you needed to install iTunes to get it to play literally anything. Android lets me play whatever from the SD card root, phone memory root, Download folder, or even if it's lost in my screenshot gallery for an absurd example.

Heck, you can't watch videos unless they're encoded/converted in a way that the Pod can play them. Any modern phone can play anything with the system video app or VLC or something.

Not a concern to me at all, but the pod doesn't have Bluetooth, so you're practically required to use something with the 3.5mm jack. A decent phone should have both.

If you don't want to receive a LinkedIn notification, turn off LinkedIn notifications. Android's notification system has matured tremendously, no app will send anything unless YOU have allowed it in the first place. Or turn on Do Not Disturb, which the author says they did, but I don't believe them. Bedtime Mode is an even stronger option, as it can hide your notifications. For the nuclear option, just turn off WiFi/mobile data - of course streaming apps will be unable to do anything in this case, but...... Local music players will keep trucking on.

TL;DR Just download and use a LOCAL music player you're comfy with and play the MP3s you already put on your iPod.

The iPod isn't something you're gonna hold constantly in your hands, like a classic handheld console where you can argue that you prefer playing GBA, PSP or Vita games on their original hardware, screen, buttons and all. You will most likely pocket it and only interact with it using your wired earphones. Your phone is still the best option here.

US is not winning the war in Iran.

Okay, and when's the GOG release Bethy? 20 years into the future?

The US is not winning the war in Iran.

And just manage to push it unilaterally too. This shit must be opposed.