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by skydhash 29 days ago
Not GP. But a decade ago, my brother’s car didn’t have bluetooth. We burned down a few mixes on CD and that was ok for long trek during town. He replaced that unit but we still used those CD from time to time. It was simpler than deciding which phone to connect.

Even today, while I use spotify on my work computer, it’s basically the same albums every day (around a dozen). Playing CDs would be probably better than switching to the UX disaster that is Spotify
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embedding-shape 29 days ago
> Even today, while I use spotify on my work computer, it’s basically the same albums every day (around a dozen). Playing CDs would be probably better than switching to the UX disaster that is Spotify

Why don't you switch to CDs then? Something is telling me this isn't quite the full story.

I'm sure lots of people who don't really need to use Spotify use Spotify all the time, if you really do listen to just a few albums, why not buy those off Bandcamp/Beatport/Whatever then listen to those and stop paying Spotify? I'd easily switch away from Spotify if I no longer saw/agreed with the convenience, but hard to beat it for discovery right now.

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skydhash 29 days ago
> Why don't you switch to CDs then? Something is telling me this isn't quite the full story

I don’t have a CD player.

I do have a local library (decently sized) which contains the album I truly like. I play that from my home theater and have part of it on my phone.

Maybe one day, I will buy a CD player and a few of those albums (for the art). And then I can play music without involving a screen.

Spotify is mostly for my SO. It’s cheap where I’m at and good enough for background music when I need some (rarely).

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rpdillon 29 days ago
The full story is that CDs have a physicality to them that can be somewhat inconvenient.

But the concept holds. I have a directory in a copyparty share that I stream music from constantly. It's probably 20 albums worth of music, and it's just in a mix that I put on almost every day, whether I'm driving or I'm working.

I tend to tune into livestreams on YouTube for the discovery aspect.

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3eb7988a1663 29 days ago
You can still buy dedicated music players with many gigabytes of storage. Leave that in the car plugged into the stereo. They are comparatively dirt cheap from what was available before streaming took over.
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RealityVoid 29 days ago
I have a car that doesn't have bluetooth, and trust me, when it's not there, you miss it.
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