On: Apple Plans to Bankroll Original Podcasts to Fend Off Rivals

[godzillabrennus]

That in and of itself is kind of ironic since the iPod has been all but relegated to the annals of history.

[jfengel → godzillabrennus]

"No wireless. Less space than a Nomad. Lame."

It's gone now that everybody has a pocket supercomputer, but it's stunning just how far it went in completely changing the way we relate to music, and audio in general.

[root_axis → jfengel]

I don't think it changed the way I relate to music at all, it was just one more step in the ladder. I had a walkman before I had CD player before I had a MiniDisk Player before I had an iPod before I had Spotify.

[colechristensen → root_axis]

To me the iPod and iTunes around 2006 were there peak of my interaction with music. Before or after everything has been worse.

I've seriously considered building my own music hardware company just to recapture a few features and UX experiences which for me at least made music a much bigger part of my life.

[paulcole → root_axis]

I think the comment you’re replying to meant “we” as in society not as in specifically-you.

[theturtletalks → godzillabrennus]

Apple, as it is now, was built off the cash cow that was the iPod. Then they cannibalized it with the iPhone.