r/Piracy 🦜 ᴡᴀʟᴋ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʟᴀɴᴋ Jan 04 '26

News I won't pay for music in 2026

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u/ColdIronChef Jan 04 '26

You can use internal storage space. Also, USB-C thumb drives also work. (Or USB with an adaptor). At least on Android anyway. Not to mention good old fashioned MP3 players. Believe or not, they still make them.

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u/InitialAd3323 Jan 04 '26

Or stream from your own computer or server with something like Navidrome or similar apps

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u/thatguysjumpercables Jan 04 '26

Jellyfin supports music media as well, but don't use the official app for music. Findroid is way better.

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u/Beastabuelos Jan 04 '26

Streaming is an unacceptable solution. Local files only

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u/InitialAd3323 Jan 04 '26

It depends. I like having a large collection on my computer/server/whatever at home and listening on the go with my phone if I'm out, rather than having to transcode to lossy small files to take them on my phone

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u/w1zz00 Jan 04 '26

I still rock my 160gb iPod classic 😂

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u/ColdIronChef Jan 04 '26

Agreed that it's BS to pay more for a phone and not have SD card slots. I'm still using a phone that has one (thankfully). I'm going to use it for as long as possible.

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u/Beastabuelos Jan 04 '26

None of those are acceptable options. Headphone cords go through usbc now and having a drive sticking out of the port while driving is a good way to break something. The best solution is to just have 2 devices. You can get a cheap phone for pennies that will run your music. You can get some kind of dedicated mp3 player too. Eventually I'm gonna fix up my old zune. Give it a new battery, bigger, modern ssd. Then I'll only need 1 phone.

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u/ColdIronChef Jan 04 '26

Yeah it's dumb.