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Dude, I do get it. I work on PCSX2; I'm around people literally all the time who will use physical hardware for no other reason than that it's more holistically enjoyable to them. I think it's super cool. My PS2 console is objectively inferior in every conceivable way that actually matters to me as a player; I will nevertheless sometimes boot it up simply because it's pleasant and more unique. I buy all of my PS2 games and burn them even though it's more difficult for mathematically the same outcome. I think it's cool as hell that the author enjoys using their hardmodded iPod.
What I don't get is why the article's arguments for the iPod are so abysmal. It decides to ditch apples-to-apples (local-to-local) and go straight into apple-and-oranges (local-and-streaming) for an inordinate amount of time, decides to frame the iPod's inconveniences as a convenience (e.g. "don't have to bring a charger"), and overall gives exactly one valid argument for why the iPod is nicer, namely the ClickWheel. It doesn't even mention the potentially different feel of the DAC and just gives that as a straight win to the smartphone in a throwaway line.