MacStories’ Graham Spencer points out that Apple has finally discontinued the iPod classic. There have been rumors of it’s demise for years and Apple has finally decided to pull the plug.

There was a time where having every song you own in your pocket was ground breaking. Now we have devices that hold most of our collections and have an internet connection that gives us access to streaming services with music that we may have never heard otherwise.

Part of me really misses owning everything — dealing with the occasional internet outage is more than a little irritating now — but I know I’m listening to more music than I ever have before.