The first iPods were pretty crappy from a functional standpoint. There were other mp3 players which were more full-featured, and the early iPods crashed a lot.

It's their aesthetic design which sold people on them. That's what Slashdot did not understand.

I actually preferred MiniDisc through the portable music player era. I didn’t stop using my MiniDisc player until iPhone 4, as my phone storage was suddenly sufficient to carry a good portion of my library.

Jeez, that guy was full of himself though. Looks like 14 years later he isn't the roaring startup success story he predicted.

I've looked through some of those comments, and I don't understand what is going on. Can you help, please?