I wish there were very cheap mp3 players or other media consumption devices.

I have flash drives that cost $1 each, and I can put radio shows on them, but most people don't have a way to get the data from that flash drive in to their ears without an intermediary device they do not carry with them (such as a PC) or a dongle (that they do not carry with them) to connect to the intermediary device (phone) they do carry with them.