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.
  • comador @lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 day ago

    My solution: vmware fusion or virtualbox with windows installed on a vm and running winamp with passthrough audio.

    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 day ago

      …so you’re one of those people who seeks out overly complex and convoluted solutions for the sake of being different.

      • comador @lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 day ago

        Maybe it’s just that I am in IT and the problem isn’t that difficult for me or others with tech savvy to begin with.

        I was just trying to offer a solution, damn, ease up

        • kamenLady.@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          1 day ago

          I loved to do this kind of stuff when i was younger. Especially this kind of OS interactions. It actually gave me a lot of experience and helped a lot in my job, where i have to find solutions out of the norm.