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23 Years of the iPod: How Elite Obsolete Electronics keeps the music playing

Discover how the iPod stays alive 23 years later through Elite Obsolete Electronics, a community preserving and reviving this iconic music device’s legacy.

Lucas started Elite Obsolete Electronics in the fall of 2018 as a side project, fueled by a background in tech repairs during high school and a stint studying computer engineering in college. With zero dollars spent on advertising, Elite Obsolete Electronics has built a profitable business purely from word-of-mouth and organic traffic through Reddit, Google, and its popular YouTube channel. No, it doesn’t support Apple Music or Spotify, but it’s still a fantastic device for your local audio files, and even the latest version of macOS can easily sync content to it through the Finder.

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