I was considering getting an old iPod recently but for different reasons. I just wanted to disconnect from the data.

‘There’s endless choice, but you’re not listening’: fans quitting Spotify to save their love of music - Music - The Guardian

@Omrrc What we believe in.

@Omrrc I use my nano again and love it. Thanks For the link to the article

@terrygrier This conversation made me look up whether iPods are still being made. They're not, of course. Using those smartphones (that I hope we're all abandoning) as music players would be good stewardship of resources. @omrrc @patrickrhone

@JMaxB that's what we did with out last iphone upgrade. Took off Safari, limited contacts, etc and gave it to 11-year old to use with Apple Music. A couple hiccups along the way, but has worked well as an iPod.

@JMaxB I am writing a post on my experience. TLDR: I asked 5 of my closest friends if they had any ipods in the house they would give up. I got 8. Free. I installed itunes on my Windows box - and frankly - it is a decent verision of itunes IF you turn off icloud lib and Apple music.

I am writing this up this morning.

@JMaxB well, the last upgrade was from an 8 to a 13, so I don’t do it all that often.

@rrw1 Sorry if that sounded like a dig. I've had the upgrade bug too, and have a couple of functional, unused devices sitting around in drawers. With iPhones it looks to me (I've never had one) as if the big improvements in the camera over the years are probably genuine reasons for upgrading if you're a camera user.

@JMaxB no worries. I’m not that thin skinned:). I see you are from Upstate NY. I was a life-long upstater before moving to Ireland. Last 18 in Ithaca.

@rrw1 We're about a 20-minute drive from Ithaca, the nearest town that non-locals have heard of. Irish ancestry, but four generations back.

@JMaxB I have no problem with people turning iPhones into crypto-iPods, but I'm utterly unpersuaded about relinquishing my iPhone in favor of a dumb phone.

It's too integral to my life: it's now my only camera; it serves as a music player (or streamer); it's a backup library (some ebooks limit how many devices they can be on); it lets me created voice memo reminders while minimizing disruption of my primary task of the moment; now, it's a health management tool as well.

Maybe I manage it tolerably because I'm old and didn't grow up with it. Abandoning it might be exemplary, but so might using it as a multi-tool rather than an addiction.