Good thing the Classics were pretty chunky to begin with. But such greatness doesn’t come easy to pull this off, he had to replace nearly every component inside the player with the notable exception of the click wheel itself.

This new Linux-powered digital audio player is not only capable of playing essentially any audio format you throw at it, but can also tap into streaming services such as Spotify. Which is why swapped the internals of his iPod Classic with a Raspberry Pi Zero W. Of course, modern users expect a bit more than what the old hardware can deliver. Unfortunately it was a harbinger of proprietary software and DRM, but eventually there were a few open source libraries that let you put songs on the thing without selling your soul to Cupertino. The click wheel was a brilliant input device, and the simplicity of the gadget’s user interface made it easy to get to the music you wanted with a minimum of hoop jumping.

Even those critical of Apple as a company have to admit that they were really onto something with the iPod.

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