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It only sounds like magic because all of you succeeded at speedrunning "you will own nothing and you'll be happy" into coming true, music, videos, games, books and even OSes (reminder for keepandroidopen.org). But it's not magic. If you can download cat photos and memes, you can save and play MP3s. I've taken this feature for granted, and so can you.
Bandcamp lets you download music in several formats. I think Apple Music and Amazon are still viable for MP3s (but eugh supporting US oligarchs, Bandcamp is also US). Some people graciously offer MP3s on SoundCloud. When all else fails, use NewPipe or an app to convert YouTube videos into local MP3 files - in fact you may find links to buy and/or free download music albums in the description. Nothing about this is magic, and shouldn't be.
The author is unnecessarily making the rebellion against enshittification harder, and neglecting to mention you can start now with current hardware to achieve the same desired results. You don't need an iPod.