In 2025, playing your own music on an iPhone is surprisingly hard, unless you pay Apple or navigate a maze of limitations. So I built my own player from scratch, with full text search, iCloud support, and a local-first experience. GitHub link Why I Built My Own Audio Player Like many people, I’ve picked up too many subscriptions, some through Apple (iCloud, Apple Music), others got lost in random platforms (like Netflix, which I forgot I was still paying for). I actually used Apple Music regularly (and previously Spotify), but the streaming turned out to be more convenience than necessity. With a curated local library, I didn’t lose much, just the lock-in.
    • basic daydreams@feddit.clEnglish
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      2 天前

      and requires iTunes syncing, annoying, limited encoder support and not available on Linux unless you use a third party app, not that many open source or privacy-friendly ones

      • Pacattack57@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 天前

        Linux users simultaneously love to be anti establishment but also cry that there’s no support for Linux.

        • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 天前

          Your mistake is thinking there’s some hive mind.

          An absolutely tiny amount of people want fewer first party apps.

          The vast majority would like all software to be available on all desktop OSes.