Sorry for my ignorance, but what’s this?
GPL == GNU General Public License
This means Free Software (as in freedom, maybe but not necessarily as in beer.)
See https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html
Thank you for the explanation! That makes sense. I definitely don’t mind paying a little, if it’s a GPL app. Are either of the apps free, as in free beer? If so, which ones?
They are both free as in beer and are available from F-Droid.
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Earlier, I suggested the idea to use web-players to access popular streaming services without their apps installed. Now I have tested this concept with WebApps and using Deezer as a benchmark, and I can say that it works.
To achieve this result, I inserted custom desktop user-agent string and allowed access to goo9Ie domain during login to pass the captcha, but then I was able to successfully disable all third-party web resources.
However, I cannot propose this method for everyday use because of the very inconvenient desktop-aimed UI rendering. But this is a good proof-of-concept, which can be expanded to the proper open-source client-app.
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Yesterday, I found an app with the right design, and although it doesn’t work properly, it’s still a step towards our goal.
It’s called Blade, and it is available at the IzzyOnDroid F-Droid repo. It supports Spotify and Deezer, and although I couldn’t get it to play music, it could still connect to my Spotify collection successfully.
Maybe Blade just needs a little help with development and promotion?
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And another theoretical option is a player app with extensions support.
For example, KODI has several plugins for different streaming services. Unfortunately, this software is more targeted at mediaservers and TV boxes. Is there anything else like that?
Anyone tried MusicPiped on f-droid?
The new open-sourced client app for Bandcamp — bandcampDirect
And seems like NewPipe supprts SoundCloud playback. (Didn’t check it myself.)
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MusicPiped works but it’s a bit buggy.
Just tested NewPipe’s SoundCloud integration (beta-feature) — it plays! The GUI and mechanics are terrible for the moment, but it works at least.
Shame on me: I am an Apple Music subscriber
Does Apple Music work on /e/?
Thanks for feedback
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Newpipe is pretty amazing, I’ve been using it for a while now. But for videos,not for music library.
Like you I was using Newpipe from years but during the last weeks it was not working. I am trying to install latest version but no way I have a message that the authorisation are missing??? Same message with all versions
it is working fine for me, using version 0.18.3 on a test version of Pie
Working fine as well for me now. 0.18.4!
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Blade, the only open-sourced Spotify/Deezer client I know, has been suddenly updated first time in a year and a half and now available in Goolag Play with no trackers inside!
The Blade app looks half-dead, but seems like I’ve discovered something much better – Freezer. This is an up-to-date third-party client for Deezer, with open source code and some small piracy features.
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are you still satisfied of freezer ?
why isn’t it on F-Droid, /e/ App or aurora store ?
(i’d like to know about trackers and permissions before installing it).
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