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Apple Music 404 Not Found

frizlab

Comments (143)

  • robot_jesus
    I can't believe no one I've seen has called out the secret game! Go to Settings>About and then hold the center button for 5 seconds. I used to play so much of this bricks game in college when procrastinating from studying in the library.
  • sherburt3
    Really is heartbreaking that the click wheel is such an incredible and satisfying user interface but technology has evolved such that we have no need for it anymore.
  • m000
    If they had a better sense of humor, the only U2 songs on the device would be from Songs of Innocence [1].[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_of_Innocence_(U2_album)#...
  • sohrob
    It's kind of nice seeing Apple get a tad whimsical with things like this. We don't really get that side of the company very often.
  • illwrks
    Playlist data below for anyone interested:https://music.apple.com/includes/ipod/data/us/en-US.json
  • Reason077
    How do you get to this URL without iOS wanting to open/download Apple Music? I don’t even have Apple Music installed…
  • ashleyn
    It's really cute. I wonder if we'll see a significant market for plain MP3 players with the whole digital detox fad lining up with the nostalgia. There's already a lot of people buying refurb and bluetooth-modded modded ipod classics.
  • AntonJidkov
    I didn't expect such an nostalgia hit. Amazing feeling to scroll through artist names without being distracted by visuals...
  • swiftcoder
    Hilariously, I can't load this in Safari, because it auto-redirects to the Apple Music app for that link, with no way to prevent it.Pretty cool in other browsers, though.
  • lampiaio
    Nice to see they've replicated the slight lighting uneveness near the sides when you turn the backlight on!
  • nunez
    THIS IS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!No explicit filter either!The hip-hop playlist is 1000%; instant throwback to my 2000s living in Greater NYC
  • satellites
    Heavy dose of nostalgia. That clicking sound is so satisfying.
  • hasheddan
    If you want to search through all of the songs without scrolling on the iPod, you can hit the API[0] directly for the JSON.[0] https://music.apple.com/includes/ipod/data/us/en-US.json
  • shreddit
    If someone still has a third or fourth generation iPod, there is a crowdfunding for an rp2350 based mainboardhttps://www.crowdsupply.com/certain-things/sprout-pi-mainboa...Im not affiliated with this project
  • bsimpson
    I wonder how they picked the setlist.Feels retro, but still a ~decade newer than when this was state of the art. Some reasonably obscure artists. Thrice and Thursday released a split EP recorded in the Apple stores: I see Thursday but not Thrice here.Thrice still makes music. Thursday has been quiet for more than a decade.
  • xav_authentique
    What surprises me the most is that they play the explicit versions of the songs.
  • summarity
    Reading this as I sync music from iTunes/Apple Music to my iPod. Going on 20 years of service life (it's been rebuilt by a pro to have USB-C and Bluetooth, and a new battery) and still my library is intact and syncing works the same. Let's see how long it'll last :)
  • Dwedit
    Those are some big song previews. 1:30 is a lot more than the typical 30 seconds.
  • pazimzadeh
    The first time I tried my friend's iPod I couldn't figure out how to turn it off. Holding down the Play/Pause button is not discoverable at all but once you knew it was perfect. Your thumb never had to leave the wheel.
  • qiller
    On the hardware side... If I still have a 2nd gen iPod that hadn't been booted up in like 20 years. What are my chances of reviving it?
  • 0x457
    Clicking sound unlocked some memories.
  • yborg
    >Has Propellerheads "Take California" clip >it doesn't have the lineSad!
  • natn
    Oh man, nostalgia overload!
  • neko_ranger
    haha literally everyone had Ocean Avenue by Yellowcard on their ipod
  • anon
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  • NDlurker
    Roc the Mic. Beanie Sigel and Freeway. Haven't heard that song in a loooong time.Ipod seems pretty cool. I never owned one, kind of want to get a modded one or a newer knock off
  • dzonga
    the only iPod i owned was the touch. but for for an iPod that had a clickwheel that I had then was my gf's.damn what a pleasurable experience of using a click wheel.
  • ahmedfromtunis
    Sad that the only song by Metallica that made it in is I disappear :/
  • ChrisArchitect
  • paxy
    Make this the default Apple Music interface
  • pixelatedindex
    Very disappointing that the Music app on iOS doesn’t render the page. Would have been super cool to scroll in the app with some haptic feedback along with the click sound. I can understand why it won’t be there as you can’t directly navigate to a pre-determined page, but instead they force you to portal through their search button.Even still, I’m a little sad knowing what could have been! :(
  • globular-toast
    The ordering of the artists is interesting. Unlike most systems, 2Pac and 50 Cent are sorted right at the end. 50 Cent actually comes after 8Ball & MJG so it's a bit like `sort -n` but with numbers to the end. Is this an Apple thing?
  • frizlab
    I love Easter eggs like those.
  • mslev
    Interesting that "Do You Realize??" by The Flaming Lips is listed twice under Songs, but its actually two sequential 90 second clips.
  • accrual
    Company made a thing. Remixed it a decade later. Fanfare.
  • whh
    [dead]
  • sampaio96
    This page was conceived by and implemented by an AI.