Ferocity
Black Belt (5th Degree)
Posts: 3,455
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Post by Ferocity on Sept 20, 2020 15:34:41 GMT -5
Just wondering if anyone can see the shout box when they use their phones and this site?
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Post by The Rocketmen on Sept 20, 2020 15:53:44 GMT -5
no
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Post by The Texas Rattlesnakes on Sept 20, 2020 19:45:34 GMT -5
Yes if you click desktop mode on the bottom right corner of the screen.
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Post by The Rocketmen on Sept 21, 2020 11:43:58 GMT -5
That is true, but it's disgusting and impossible to see
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Post by The Texas Rattlesnakes on Sept 21, 2020 13:05:19 GMT -5
Sure, but if you have an android you can zoom in using your thumbs. Not sure about the cheaper competition.
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Post by The West Coast Knockouts on Sept 22, 2020 0:09:44 GMT -5
Sure, but if you have an android you can zoom in using your thumbs. Not sure about the cheaper competition. Or iPhone . Who has androids now days |
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Post by The Texas Rattlesnakes on Sept 22, 2020 4:47:38 GMT -5
Sure, but if you have an android you can zoom in using your thumbs. Not sure about the cheaper competition. Or iPhone . Who has androids now days Yes, iPhone was the cheaper competition I was mentioning. |
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Post by The Rocketmen on Sept 22, 2020 7:40:39 GMT -5
I tried hard to enjoy Android, but I don't. It bores me, and I hate pretty much everything about it, including how it looks, but mostly how shitty and stupid hard it is to actually transfer music to it and try and listen to it anywhere.
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Post by The Texas Rattlesnakes on Sept 22, 2020 16:05:16 GMT -5
I tried hard to enjoy Android, but I don't. It bores me, and I hate pretty much everything about it, including how it looks, but mostly how shitty and stupid hard it is to actually transfer music to it and try and listen to it anywhere. What kind of android did you have? And have you ever heard of Spotify? Lol |
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Post by The West Coast Knockouts on Sept 22, 2020 21:52:47 GMT -5
I tried hard to enjoy Android, but I don't. It bores me, and I hate pretty much everything about it, including how it looks, but mostly how shitty and stupid hard it is to actually transfer music to it and try and listen to it anywhere. What kind of android did you have? And have you ever heard of Spotify? Lol Who needs Spotify when you got Apple Music . |
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Post by The Rocketmen on Sept 22, 2020 21:57:37 GMT -5
What kind of android did you have? And have you ever heard of Spotify? Lol Who needs Spotify when you got Apple Music . Literally download all my music. I buy vinyl for the ones I want to support, and the rest I just get for free and check it out if it's something I want to support. Why anyone pays like 15 bucks a month for a "music" subscription absolutely baffles my brain. Do you know how much physical music I could buy with 180 dollars a year? You use spotify for 3 years and you've spent 540 dollars. I would be checking out some new music here and there but listening to a lot of my favorite stuff over and over again. I can put my tunes on repeat for free. |
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Post by The Sandmen on Sept 22, 2020 22:19:18 GMT -5
but mostly how shitty and stupid hard it is to actually transfer music to it and try and listen to it anywhere. This is so strange because this is literally the reason I gave up on Apple iDevices twice. Apple - plug device into my computer. - does not recognize my mp3s, wants me to install iTunes to play my stuff. - I go to install iTunes so I can play mp3s I already have, it requires an account - create an account, but it requires a credit card... - spend an hour looking for a work around becuase I am not giving Apple my credit card info to play music I already own (legally and illegally). - Gave up. Android - plug device into my computer. - paste mp3s. they work. Done. Maybe they changed Android, I donno, but my 10 year old phone plug-and-plays pretty much anything I put into it with ridiculous ease. Apple yells at me that I don't own anything, wants me to use Apple music (which we get free with my spouse's work phone) but then demands I have data on my phone to play anything, even stuff I downloaded from Apple Music. If I had a real phone, and wanted to spend 600 bucks on said phone, and wanted to spend 100 bucks a month on said phone's services, I have found Apple Music very easy and handy (except when it decides a certain song on a compilation album is region locked so I cannot listen to it that route - if you don't know what I am talking about, and you are Canadian, to go Apple Music, load up "Pulp Fiction Soundtrack" and I think literally all but 1 or 2 songs are unavailable. Very frustrating. For my casual-as-fuck use of my phone, on my $22/month plan, Android is God. |
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Post by The Rocketmen on Sept 23, 2020 7:39:00 GMT -5
This is so strange because this is literally the reason I gave up on Apple iDevices twice. I am going to reply to this in pieces. Apple - plug device into my computer. - does not recognize my mp3s, wants me to install iTunes to play my stuff. iTunes is literally a media collection software like you would have used with winamp or more specifically Windows Media Player where you can edit titles, artists, group them into playlists, etc. Then you plug in your phone, sync and it's done. It is literally the most simplified version of a music collector program ever made. I go to install iTunes so I can play mp3s I already have, it requires an account - create an account, but it requires a credit card... This is because it is connected to iTunes shop, which allows you to shop for music. I get not wanting to give your credit card info to this company, but it's the same as registering for Amazon Prime to use their video player and have the ability to purchase things on their website. You could technically just watch and never actually buy anything (aside from the actual prime membership needed for prime video). But, you get the connection I'm making here? - spend an hour looking for a work around becuase I am not giving Apple my credit card info to play music I already own (legally and illegally). - Gave up. That's too bad because you're missing out on literally the easiest music compiling program ever made. Android - plug device into my computer. - paste mp3s. they work. Done. Sure, but you have no ability to actually go through and pick out songs you want to hear, and the connectivity to things like cars is more complicated to listen to shit. It's just a catch all for the music, and there is literally no sorting ability that I have ever experienced with it. It would drive me insane if my iPod was just a shuffle forever. If I had a real phone, and wanted to spend 600 bucks on said phone, and wanted to spend 100 bucks a month on said phone's services, I have found Apple Music very easy and handy (except when it decides a certain song on a compilation album is region locked so I cannot listen to it that route - if you don't know what I am talking about, and you are Canadian, to go Apple Music, load up "Pulp Fiction Soundtrack" and I think literally all but 1 or 2 songs are unavailable. Very frustrating. For the first time ever, I just had that happen with a Rammstein song. I had never experienced it before, and it makes literally no sense to me at all. For my casual-as-fuck use of my phone, on my $22/month plan, Android is God. I am happy you like your phone  I am happy I like my all-in-one computer-phone that does everything the way I want it to do. |
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Post by The Texas Rattlesnakes on Sept 23, 2020 14:59:31 GMT -5
Spotify is free if you want to make a shuffle Playlist, but then you have ads here and there. If you pay the 10 dollars a month for Spotify premium, which I do, you get whatever song you want, for free that you can download and listen to offline whenever you want.
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Post by The Sandmen on Sept 23, 2020 17:14:31 GMT -5
iTunes is literally a media collection software like you would have used with winamp or more specifically Windows Media Player where you can edit titles, artists, group them into playlists, etc. Then you plug in your phone, sync and it's done. It is literally the most simplified version of a music collector program ever made. That is not simpler than copy&paste, especially when you factor in what we are about to talk about - process involved in actually isntalling the stupid program. (Also, I don't know what Android has done with their media player since my version, but you can do all this in my android player I believe. Definitely playlists, the search function is garbage (but my phone is from 2010), and renaming songs or artists i do on my PC before moving them, if that needs done. It's no extra steps unless I decide a few weeks after moving a file that the person who did the song was not, in fact, Rammstien, but perhaps Marilyn Manson. But that's never come up for obvious reasons. This is because it is connected to iTunes shop, which allows you to shop for music. I get not wanting to give your credit card info to this company, but it's the same as registering for Amazon Prime to use their video player and have the ability to purchase things on their website. You could technically just watch and never actually buy anything (aside from the actual prime membership needed for prime video). But, you get the connection I'm making here? WHy would I want to do any of that just to play music I already have? I don't want to give my credit card, SIN, and life story to Universal Studios just to watch a DVD i have sitting on my shelf. The service I am looking for is a damned media player. A media player does not need credit-card level personal information from me just to play songs I have acquired legally or otherwise. I know you get this on some level, since you essentially deleted Facebook because of privacy concerns. Not sure why I would want to give that info to Apple just so I could play my own songs through their media player. That's too bad because you're missing out on literally the easiest music compiling program ever made. It's not easier when I have to spend an hour just GETTING the thing, instead of the 3 seconds my out-of-box functionality my Android gives me without having to give them my mortgage account number and health card number. Sure, but you have no ability to actually go through and pick out songs you want to hear, and the connectivity to things like cars is more complicated to listen to shit. It's just a catch all for the music, and there is literally no sorting ability that I have ever experienced with it. It would drive me insane if my iPod was just a shuffle forever. My phone plugs into my aux port in my car. It's fewer actions than syncing with blue tooth. I don't know what counts as sorting, since I am a control nazi, and I make playlists exactly how I want them. For the first time ever, I just had that happen with a Rammstein song. I had never experienced it before, and it makes literally no sense to me at all. The best I came up with was that, for example, "Universal Canada" has the distribution rights to Song X. But if Song X appears on Warner Music US compilation album, they need to remove it so you will listen to/support the Universal Canada version. Just like what we were talking about the other day with Crash and Criterion. Regional rights make sense, because it means Canadian companies can make money and survive, but it's also a HUGE pain in the ass for consumers. I am happy you like your phone I am happy I like my all-in-one computer-phone that does everything the way I want it to do. Yes, I would be too stressed out being that connected all the time. The world has already become an incredibly annoying place where when you are talking to people a ding goes off and they will randomly look away from you and start typing on their phone, ignoring you and your "So I have cancer" confession because their friend posted a picture of a dog on facebook that they must see ASAP. Or you watch a movie with someone and they are watching their phone constantly and have no idea what is happening, or who just flash-killed who, etc. There are huge pros pros for sure - we use wife's phone for things like price checking in store, and some fact-check stuff, but I personally need to have disconnect time. Time away from everything, and having a phone that pre-dates Rasputin forces that space on me. I'm the kind of person that because so much of what I do and value is linked to online stuff (news, etc), its a blessing in disguise when my internet goes down. If I had all that on my phone, I could never be fully disconnected, and it gets overwhelming at times. I like having my computer=PC=workspace zone, and my phone/text/music/alarm completely compartmentalized and separated. |
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Jan 21, 2021 13:09:55 GMT -5
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