Is the ipod nano good for a student in 2026?

Hi, I am a broke student looking to get away from streaming services so I dont have a big budget. I ended up going down a rabbit hole which led me to looking into ipods. I ended up finding a decent 1st gen 2gb nano with a replaced batt, but I’m not sure if it will be good for me. I commute on the way to school and I cant live without music playing in my ears, so I thought it would be nice to have a physical player rather than using a streaming service like spotify. I also calculated that it might be cheaper to have a device like an ipod for long term than having to pay lots of money to spotify.

Although I like the aesthetics of having an ipod I am also into collecting physical media and retro music as I was exposed to it from a young age, so I’ve always been interested in getting an ipod one day, and I thought it would be nice to add to my small collection.

Anyways, I hope I can get some advice, and maybe some tips if I do end up getting one, I’m also open to other suggestions if there are any other better mp3 players out there suited for me, thanks alot!

(p.s. I’m from a third world country so some ipods or other mp3 players are hard to come by)