About 20 years ago I bought my first digital guitar tuner, a Korg, that is about the size of a deck of cards. It had a monochrome LCD screen that mimicked an analog dial with a needle that moved to indicate flat or sharp. Years passed. Guitar tuning apps became a thing. I downloaded a few over the years. Then the one (free) one I had started showing ads. Little by little, update by update, the ads became more annoying, until one day it
forced me to watch a 30 second ad before tuning my guitar. The
one thing that I enjoyed to get away from computers and their....bother.
That day I went out and bought 4...FOUR snark clip on tuners, and another Korg. I deleted that stupid app and have not looked back.
I don't want to go back to sucky software apps replacing fully functional, well-designed single-purpose devices. There's just too much pull to make them into g****mn ad platforms.
Google search also has a crappy metronome. It sucks. I use my analog metronome all the time.
That day I went out and bought 4...FOUR snark clip on tuners, and another Korg. I deleted that stupid app and have not looked back.
I don't want to go back to sucky software apps replacing fully functional, well-designed single-purpose devices. There's just too much pull to make them into g****mn ad platforms.
Google search also has a crappy metronome. It sucks. I use my analog metronome all the time.