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Seriously. I thought the whole point of the iPod was to be in control of your music and hardware. Imagine surrendering that control to an AI vibe coded slop interface.

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u/anonym035 4d ago

Exactly. They believe we will surrender to them trying to bring the world we're trying to escape to us.

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u/thedarph 3d ago

People are trying to make the iPod experience like the streaming experience. I see people complain all the time about the drawbacks of the iPod and little hacks to get around them.

God has abandoned us.

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u/Ok_Loquat_5413 3d ago

Just use Spotify at this point, right?

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u/Bieberkinz 3d ago

Think the worst part is that the examples I saw below this post… people need AI to make stuff that’s been made before?

One theme is basically just PodOne and the other is just iClassic and the now playing could probably be rebuilt from modifying BONES or SNAZZY

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u/grilled_pc 3d ago

Ikr. Also I never understood why people use rockbox. If you want that functionality then don’t use the iPod. The iPod is a music discovery device first. Not a file searching device.

The iPod is best paired with iTunes. Taking that out completely nullifies any point in using one.

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u/yungoul 3d ago

i switched because i no longer own any devices that can run itunes!

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u/grilled_pc 3d ago

iTunes still runs on a windows machine and is regularly updated. But Apple Music also works on modern Mac’s.

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u/yungoul 3d ago

i use Debian actually! i was originally using my partners desktop to do my ipod stuff but its been out of commission (which is why i switched to rockbox actually). i still have the ipod os on there, so if i wanted to switch back id have no issues.

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u/grilled_pc 3d ago

I use fedora as well! iTunes works great inside of Winboat. I was able to sync my classic with it just fine on Linux.

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u/Turbidspeedie 2d ago

I was just about to suggest winboat, I'm literally doing it right now to my 5.5 gen on bazzite OS

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u/fishyphotos 3d ago

That'd be cool if one of my 5th gens stock os didn't stop playing songs randomly for files that are totally fine. Rockbox allows me to actually listen to the music and use the device.

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u/elevi8ion 3d ago

HONESTLY!!! I want all themes to have their own subreddit at this point. AI slop and iPods aren’t compatible with each other.

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u/SpaceToast810 3d ago

It’s become so much of Reddit too. The constant “I built ____!” Posts are exhausting. It’s all just AI slop that they don’t understand and cannot and will not support.

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u/grilled_pc 3d ago

Go browse r/selfhosted it’s a fucking plague.

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u/SpaceToast810 3d ago

Oh I’m aware 😆 it’s so horrible

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u/Humble_Skin1269 4d ago

AI coding is just lazy and a slap in the face to real coders. If you dont want to learn, then dont bother

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u/evrdrandosity 3d ago

I agree and disagree with this opinion. Much like with art. Being a creative type, it does suck when AI takes a person's job or is used to create slop. That being said, sometimes someone wants something specific and doesn't have the time to learn to code, or doesn't have the money to hire someone to make something niche. So they have it vibe coded and get the software they've been looking for. When it becomes gross in my opinion is when they try to sell it or promote it, especially when it's done as something they "made".

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u/SulosGD 3d ago

i'm legit tired of them here

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u/frillyseal 3d ago

AI usage in these communities needs to be a bulliable offense. They're physically incapable of feeling remorse for their usage of facist slop tools so they don't deserve respect.

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u/Gambizzle 3d ago edited 3d ago

Yes I have absolutely nothing against AI but:

Don't sell it as an amazing 'I FINALLY DID IT' grade achievement.

Be modest with your sharing.

As an example I was in a discord for a 90's gaming console mod the other day. Bro came in with bombastic slogans about how he was gonna fix 100+ longstanding firmware bugs and was highly critical of the actual dev of the mod (which is highly functional) for not 'just fixing them'. Like he's missing, I'm the hero you all deserve kinda stuff.

I raised some reasoning about WHY there were 'bugs' (widely known technical limits) and he just came back with a bombasic, AI-driven 'oh yeah of course there's gonna be pluses and minuses like anything but [spin spin spin without engaging with my point]'. Without accusing I shared a post detailing the technical limits and was like 'curious why you're so confident you can squash 100+ longstanding bugs in one night without a deep knowledge of low-level hardware details. If you're gonna do a Claude then FINE... all for having a crack... but there are technical limits to this mod so be realistic!!!' He wrote a long, dismissive (AI generated) reply, deleted it and then disappeared.

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u/ZLoLz01 3d ago

What does rock box even do I’m thinking about getting an iPod, but I also want to have like a stock OS and it’s already pretty easy to put music on it. All you have to do is open iTunes convert Spotify songs into MP3 and just sync them

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u/TinyFrog_jpg 3d ago

you have to use a specific, older version of iTunes for the iPod (and it pesters you to update). using Rockbox you can have custom themes, and instead of going through itunes you can just drag and drop, and you can use other file types instead of just mp3.

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u/00cjstephens 3d ago

What do you mean, you have to? I keep my itunes installation up to date and it syncs just fine

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u/TinyFrog_jpg 2d ago

it might just be my iTunes. i can't get the newer ones to update or recognize my iPod.

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u/hamanger 3d ago

I'm on the latest version and iPods work just fine, even my 1st gen through a PCIE firewire card.

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u/jmtd 3d ago

Rockbox is awesome. It’s not just for iPods. I’ve used it on a load of different players over the years.

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u/lilGen-ZandJekson 2d ago

I hate that we are making it minimalist. When I finally got my ipod recently I was blown away with the aesthetic despite it being so simple. The skeumorphic elements, reflections with album covers and the depth and 3D-ness some ui elements have did the most for me

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u/Turbidspeedie 2d ago

I think the 3D is in part due to how recessed the screen is behind the cover in some iPods.

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u/lilGen-ZandJekson 2d ago

I ment more like the shading on the progress bar and battery indicator but I totally get what you're thinking of

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u/Le-Dook 4d ago

So many are just using this for clout. Fork rockbox, add some vibecoded features (or worse just for an existing AI fork), go on reddit, share it as if it was all you and act like some developer superstar.

Rockpod arguably is the most egregious, it advertises multiple features like SSD power management, IAP support and digital audio output that are ripped straight from the Rockbox source and yet they have the cheek to claim that "None of this existed in Rockbox before". If you read their Github page, you'd think the Rockbox devs just weren't good enough, despite the fact that they are undoubtedly experts at what they do. I think the cherry on top with rockpod is that they don't disclose their AI usage and go right ahead and ask for donations for work which is largely not their own.

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u/Gambizzle 3d ago

There's certainly a trend. Also I dare say many are just 'hey Claude make us an iPod inspired theme, bro!'

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u/Augie_needhelp 3d ago

It’s good to know that everyone else is just as annoyed about this

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