Why are people spending $1,000 for old iPods

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Published Oct 15, 2026

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Music streaming services were great at first with all the music at your finger tips at a relatively cheap price. And then they increased the price again, and again, and again, while also REMOVING songs from their services. So it's time to take a trip back to 2001 and upgrade that old iPod into something new.

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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
2:18 Pre-modded option
5:30 Justin's iPod
6:46 Time to mod
9:54 The finished result
12:44 Buy or DIY?
15:04 Outro