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1 day agoTheir schools banned phones. Out came the iPods and cassette players.
Students are using old MP3 players and retro devices to circumvent school smartphone bans, though district rules on such devices vary.
The reasons are, essentially, threefold. First, there's the pleasure of using something tangible: a nostalgia for devices with a single purpose, devoid of notifications and apps. More importantly, though, there's a desire to have a music collection again something led by the music-loving algorithm in your brain, rather than one outsourced to technology. It's their collection, rather than a playlist they've subscribed to, says Laidler, and they own the music and aren't simply leasing it from Spotify.