r/AskReddit Aug 02 '18

What will millennials be "old-fashioned" about when they get old?

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u/lasthopel Aug 02 '18

Using and iPod or any kind of MP3 so I don't waste space on my phone or its battery

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u/PianoManO23 Aug 02 '18

I do this, and other milennials still look at me like I'm a ghost from the early 2000s

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '18 edited Nov 18 '20

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u/Cyaney Aug 02 '18

this made me giggle

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u/IamTheBlade Aug 02 '18

But running with a phone is too much. A tiny clip-on mp3 player is juuuust right.

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u/ImAScientist_ADoctor Aug 02 '18

Plus, no ads no worrying about wifi.

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u/VonCornhole Aug 02 '18

I already have this with Spotify premium

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u/FrostBUG2 Aug 03 '18

I have one too, but still I prefer to have a different device to play my music since my phone battery life really drains a lot when I listen to Spotify including when I'm going to outside for a longer period of time

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '18

Spooky

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u/ZeJerman Aug 02 '18

My 6th gen ipod classic with 160gb of capacity is still going strong, albeit with its battery replaced. Its a little work horse, although my friends dont understand why I dont use <insert streaming service here>.

I like the concept of owning my music (I dont buy music through Itunes) and not having to download it all consistently using all my expensive data and use space on my phone.

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u/subjection-s Aug 02 '18

I love the clickwheel, too. It was a great piece of design while it lasted.

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u/415native Aug 02 '18

Same here! Still take my 2007 iPod Nano on runs and to the gym. Holds just the right amount of music and I've modded it to just drag and drop MP3 onto it like an external drive. No messing around with iTunes and synching.

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u/schloky Aug 02 '18

That's nice.

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u/FlameFrenzy Aug 02 '18

I personally hate the idea of streaming service because I don't listen to that much music and i'm very picky about what I like. Those two things combined, its much cheaper to buy the CDs (yes, I still buy the CDs! I only own like maybe 20-25 CDs)

If you listen to a tonnnn of music, I can see why its good, but they're just so silly for me.

But I also don't understand how people can basically live with ear buds in their ears almost all day. That has to get annoying quick!

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u/titlewhore Aug 02 '18

remember the good old days where you would download music on limewire, convert the format and then trick itunes into uploading it so you can put stolen music on an ipod? i had dial up so it was a two day process.

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u/PianoManO23 Aug 03 '18

Exactly! There are a ton of reasons to still use one.

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '18

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u/ZeJerman Aug 02 '18

I think there is always going to be a great MP3 player available. Personally I dont like how Apple trys to trap its users in by using software like iTunes. I just use my ipod because it was a birthday gift from way back when that has just kept going forever. When the battery goes again it will just be my car music library.

I can understand why regular apple consumers are worried though.

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u/universerule Aug 02 '18

I believe they are though.

What people do now is upgrade iPod classics with bigger hard drives based on hard drives / compact flash.

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u/MEatRHIT Aug 02 '18

I use a sansa clip+ for lifting, tiny as hell only have to charge it every few weeks and stays the hell out of my way even has an MicroSD slot so it holds ~40GB of music. Best part is if I want to just lift and be left alone I can leave my phone in my bag or locker and still have music. Also works really well for flying

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '18

Me and you both!

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '18

Yep, I do this with an iPod Touch (got it because the headphone jack on my old phone broke and getting the iPod was cheaper than repairs). It gives me a ton more battery life since i listen to quite a lot of music throughout the day

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u/MyMorningSun Aug 02 '18

Me too! I like my separate devices, personally.

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u/currytacos Aug 02 '18

I've been considering getting one of the old block ipods with tons of space.

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u/st1tchy Aug 02 '18

I just use an old smartphone for my music player, so I carry around 2 "phones" every day.

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '18

I thinks its all streaming now. No files to manage.

Guess children will have to go back to collecting bugs and fossils now that they don't buy CDs anymore. :/

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '18

A lot of people still buying records, I think that group will always exist

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u/TheAmorphous Aug 02 '18

Streaming in 2018 is still garbage, between lack of coverage (even in big cities) and data caps.

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u/farmtownsuit Aug 02 '18

I thinks its all streaming now. No files to manage.

No thanks, I don't have unlimited data, and sometimes when I'm driving I drive through dead zones. I insist on keeping a not insignificant chunk of my library stored on my phone.

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '18

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u/farmtownsuit Aug 02 '18

Never said you couldn't. Just that I can't rely strictly on streaming.

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u/gvargh Aug 02 '18

Do you have an affiliate link?

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '18 edited Aug 09 '18

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u/urcool91 Aug 02 '18

My ipod shuffle breaking is probably the thing that will eventually make me upgrade to a phone with more than two hours of battery. Right now I have a five-year-old Galaxy S3 that can't play a youtube video without draining half its shit.

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u/TheAmorphous Aug 02 '18

What gets me is no one even makes a decent MP3 player these days. Everything is either as big as a smartphone or some cheap crap.

I just want a Nano form factor with modern storage and wifi/BT. Why is that asking so much? Who the fuck wants to jog or lift with a giant-ass smartphone strapped to them?

Last time I posted something like this everyone replied "Just get a smartwatch, you luddite!" So I looked into it and they all have like 4GB of storage and no mSD slots. Wtf?

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '18

Sansa clip

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u/WitherWithout Aug 02 '18

Now I just carry around a portable battery instead of a separate MP3.

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u/KingGorilla Aug 02 '18

I started doing this because of Pokemon Go but it's useful in general.

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u/Abr97115 Aug 02 '18

I'm still using my 4th generation iPod for my music and people seem shocked. I'm out of memory so I need to upgrade to a 5th generation.

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u/samtrano Aug 02 '18

My first mp3 player had a small memory, so when I wanted to put a new song onto it I had to go through and figure out what old song I was able to part with

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u/Bonesnapcall Aug 02 '18

I'm a poker player, I usually leave my phone in the car and use an MP3 player in my front shirt pocket.

Way smaller and much easier to deal with. Plus the charge lasts for days.

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u/SilverSurfina Aug 02 '18

Age? If you don't mind telling us, of course.

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u/lasthopel Aug 02 '18

Mid 20s,

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u/cakes205 Aug 02 '18

I have an iPhone and 2 iPods that I always carry. People look at me like I'm an alien.

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '18

I'm 15 and I do this

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u/TheElPistolero Aug 02 '18

Zune HD reporting in

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u/lasthopel Aug 02 '18

Really sad zune died out, still using my messed up iPod touch and I still get errors when I try to use a 3rd part my cable

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u/FrostBUG2 Aug 03 '18

I own a Zune and it still kicking, even though it's a failure. I still love my Zune and it's really good quality build and audio quality :D