• BroBot9000@lemmy.world
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      Yes cause they can’t sell you a subscription for your mp3 player.

      Fucking rent seeking behaviour from corporate parasites.

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        That’s the one thing idiocracy got wrong it wouldn’t be Costco it would be Rent-A-Center

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          Costco bought RAC in a stunning buyout in 2437 after Costco’s CEO Harambe Memelord Disney Jr. offered RAC’s CEO Squiggy John John John John Johnson a 2-for 1 deluxe latte coupon and an extra big-ass fry.

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      Correct, if you ain’t streaming from corpo, you are denying them engagement and profits

      That’s a crime, shit Lord

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      MP3 players aren’t bad, they’re just mostly obsolete when smartphones can do the same thing and we mostly already have one.

      I like to keep several GB of music on my phone from my MP3 library, and I have no streaming music accounts. I pay once for my music at most.

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        There is a subsection of mp3 players that have enough power to drive high impedance headphones, Hifi players, some call them. They still make decent sales to their customer base of particular people.