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		_pghu on Dec 19, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Building a Spotify Player for My Mac SE/30 A lot of people think the Rio was the first commercial MP3 player, but GP seems to probably be thinking of the actual first commercial MP3 player, the MPMan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPMan

welly on Dec 19, 2018 [–]

That was it! MPMan. It cost a fortune but it felt like the future.

mavhc on Dec 19, 2018 | [–]

Good feeling, it was the future! People still pay $400 for an mp3 player, but it's also a phone and a computer now

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