using an old android phone as a music player

it's been a while since i last talked about my music setup and things have changed a bit. the music playermain benefits of owning a device specifically for listening to music for me are: it saves on battery life of my other devices it allows listening to music without any distractions so these are all well and good but finding a decent music player in 2026 is really hard. in my experience most devices fall into two categories: the high end stuff made by audio brands whose prices rival smartphones or really really cheaply made music players which sound like tin cans. i was also looking for buying a second hand ipod but their prices have been inflated so much by the retro movement it's kind of insane. plus with an ipod you can't use flac files and there is no last.fm or listenbrainz scrobbling or bluetooth audio. (maybe you can get better deals if you decide to mod one yourself by buying a broken one but that is out of my skillset) huawei p30 running niagara launcher then i realised…