I typically will mostly stream, especially since I can just add tracks to my library and existing playlists. But I still occasionally will buy CDs for the hard copy (for stuff that I absolutely want to keep) or other formats for novelty or the listening experience. Most music I enjoy, I just don’t care enough to have the hard copy, but I like to have the option for the most important (or most likely to vanish) tracks/albums. Other times, I’ll just record onto MiniDisc, that’s an option I have.I still buy albums from time to time. Far better to have an entire library dedicated to my own taste than handing over it to an inferior AI and better-not-exist voice assistant.
It’s a shame your dad has never learned how to use the assistive features, as Apple’s accessibility features are excellent. In a previous job, one task I ended up with was assisting an older gentleman who was blind with his phone. In all honesty, his questions and problems were usually more sophisticated than the questions and problems most people tended to ask me about. He could use his phone quite well with just VoiceOver and was expert at using various accessibility apps that really made his life easier, so it was mostly questions about finding specific sorts of things online (though I did end up helping him take a social media profile picture once).Real life user here! My dad is blind and terrible with technology so never learned how to interact with his iPhone using assistive features. He only interacts with it with Siri. So this voice only Siri plan gets him literally everything he needs at a lower cost.
And he’s surprisingly effective at getting what he wants despite the many issues with the system. We’ll obviously have to move him onto the full priced plan now. But hey, super niche. I’m not surprised it’s going.
Still technically challenging. Listening accurately still one of the hardest machine problems.If you've ever tried to ask for even a standard classical work via Siri it's apparent it's unfit for purpose. I was surprised when they introduced it. I do wonder why it's so hard for them to sort it out. Can I suggest it's not now technically difficult - they just can't be bothered!
Siri: "I'm sending a link to your phone with more information about tailoring Swift Programing Language"'Siri, play some Taylor Swift'
'I'm ordering a ride for you using 'Lyft'. Where would you like to go?'
* Cancels voice plan * <<< This probably happened lots of times.