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Solved Problems (by kplx) (piefed.kobel.fyi)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world
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[–] 38 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (5 children)

I miss physical buttons for when I'm listening to music.

Having to unlock my phone to skip a track or advance a podcast is really annoying.

I used to be able to click a button in my pocket. I could even slide a bit to skip forward and back 30 seconds.

I also like to listen to music in bed in the dark. The bright screen, the messing around with the unlock, really breaks the flow.

Yes I have earphones that are touch sensitive, but poking it messes with any good isolated fit I've achieved, the touch doesn't always register and after a while, one ear starts to hurt. Especially when you need to tap three times to restart a track.

I've now got this stupid setup with a BT dongle in a usb a-c converter; which plugs into my phone and controls a tiny physical keyboard.

There are lots of mp3 players, but they don't support streaming platforms. The ones that do, also went mainly touch screen only and cost a fortune. There is one physical Spotify player with buttons but it's just a dumb cube with very basic functionality.

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  • [–] 16 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    You had me in the first half, but streaming on Spotify can go right to Dell.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    I totally agree. I still have a large mp3 and flac collection.

    When Spotify came a long I used both for a while. But my Spotify playlists became so full of completely random tracks, it was never financially viable to even buy 10%, and its become more difficult to do so legally.

    For the bands/artists I really like, I've bought CDs or if that's not possible, bought digital versions.

    I am attempting to transition away from streaming completely, but I have playlists which are 100+ hours long; which I've curated myself. I have a dozen others which are 8-20.

    You could accuse me of having too much music. That i can't possibly listen to most of it. Perhaps there is some truth in that. When you've had access to an unlimited buffet, it's difficult to go back to a set menu.

    Yes, ultimately I want to own all my most listened to music, but for now it would be nice to do both and have a player with physical buttons.

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Most decent headphones still seem to have physical buttons. The big ones. With earbuds you're kinda out of luck

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago

    I don't use streaming, but I have high hopes for Snowsky. The Echo Mini is very close to what I want, and the slated release for the Echo (normal?) is soon.

    I'm very grateful to 2010 me who decided to rip my family's CD albums into a hard drive, which has stayed with me through multiple countries, pcs, and listening devices. Built on with Bandcamp and Soulseek.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago*

    The ones that do, also went mainly touch screen only and cost a fortune.

    There are sub 200 dollar DAPs (digital audio player) with physical buttons that run android and thus can run all your streaming services.

    Though I'd argue using a DAP for streaming is kinda wasting your money, but if you really want to the function is there at a reasonable price.

    You can also use wired headphones with a 3.5mm jack with them.

    I just use a flac library I made myself and listen to it with a DAP that cost me less than 100 dollars. Makes the experience much engaging to me personally.

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