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[–] Ottomateeverything@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The biggest benefit of the mp3 player was that the anti-skip protection didn’t drain the battery twice as fast

I strongly disagree. In those days, mp3 players that fit single CDs that were slightly larger than a modern day thumb drive. And you could get 128mb ones for slightly more money. But that was much smaller and more portable than something that had to fit an entire CD.

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

The biggest benefit for me