y'all remember the "ring back" tones? i don't think they ever really took off since they are a ring tone that people hear when they call you instead, which is... just... totally idiotic... but i did encounter it a few times in the wild.

[–] acceptable_humor@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I guess its gone from America but it is still very popular in india ... partly because the Network Providers give it as a free feature ... neat cause my friends never pick up quickly

[–] deo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 9 months ago

Is the quality not trash anymore? Maybe it's gotten better and i didn't notice, but music over the telephone has always sounded muddy and distorted to me.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's not idiotic, it's awesome! Of course I remember it, I had a great one.

[–] deo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

But... you never get to hear it because when do you ever call yourself? So it's just subjecting everyone else to a song that they may not even like... And besides, the quality was like listening to an underwater phonograph cylinder.

(obviously don't know your music taste; you may actually have had a great song of decent quality. but i wouldn't trust everyone with that power lol)

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I had something like Danger Zone, or Eye of the Tiger, to get people pumped up when they called me. I don't remember exactly, but I thought it was fun. Nobody cared if it's a good song. It was just a neat little gimmick at a distinct moment in time.

[–] AMDIsOurLord@lemmy.ml 5 points 9 months ago

It's INSANELY popular in Iran and pushed hard by the service providers

[–] Gingernate@programming.dev 4 points 9 months ago

I actually called someone with one of these a few months ago. Blew my mind it still existed!