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RE: Remember MOG ? ...................

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In Reply to: RE: Remember MOG ? ................... posted by Cut-Throat on March 07, 2024 at 08:40:41

MOG was my first step up from iTunes in the late aughts. I was sorry to see it go. It became Beats Music which was shortly consumed by Apple, which combined it with iTunes and morphed into what is now Apple Music.

I also experimented with Twonky around that time, my first time trying a self-hosted music server, using a Thecus NAS. That NAS was a drive eater, so I cut my losses and moved to Synology, which didn't support Twonky. I fumbled around with LMS, Plex, Minim and others until I found my way to Roon in 2015. Happiness since then.

I learned some things from the MOG experience, including a lesson about the transience of software, no matter how good it is.

. . . in theory, practice and theory are the same; in practice, they are different . . .

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RE: Remember MOG ? ................... - Cut-Throat 14:35:50 03/07/24 (1)
I would say the 'transience' of everything today, not just software. And the lifespans are getting shorter and shorter everyday. And I for one view this as a good thing. The only thing that is constant is 'change'. I welcome it.

I tried Roon a couple times, I like a lot of what they were doing and I thought about keeping it to run in tandem with PiCorePlayer. As PcP gives you control of your raspberry Pies (Which I have a dozen of them) and has capabilities that Roon does not... But it had some issues running together, so I am firmly in the PcP camp.
- RE: Remember MOG ? ................... - tlea 18:15:36 03/07/24 (0)
  Change can be a good thing if it is for the better and not simply to stir the pot. There has to be a value filter. Disruption can be a positive force, but all too often those who cast themselves as disruptors are just attention-seekers. I have little patience for that.
  
  In 2015 Apple Music was not an improvement over MOG. Roon was and still is.
  
  . . . in theory, practice and theory are the same; in practice, they are different . . .

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