I'm slightly concerned at the permissions it requires. A music player should not ask for the power to make phone calls, and then refuse to work when it's denied.
AFAIK, apps need this permission so that they can mute/stop when there is an incoming call.
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#24Genuine question: what's the need of music players these days? I mean, all the songs are locked in music streaming app (apple music, spotify)- where do you download your songs from?
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#25Genuine question: what's the need of music players these days? I mean, all the songs are locked in music streaming app (apple music, spotify)- where do you download your songs from?
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#26Tangential: Is there a non-Google way of getting similar functionality to what Google Music used to be? It's hugely appealing to have my own copy of everything I listen to synced seamlessly across devices. Google Music is getting it done, but there are a few warts: a) It keeps pushing its marketplace, subscription service, and "radio" feature. I'm interested in none of them. b) There's no (sane) way to make a track f…
http://www.subsonic.org/pages/index.jsp https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=github.daneren...
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#28Tangential: Is there a non-Google way of getting similar functionality to what Google Music used to be? It's hugely appealing to have my own copy of everything I listen to synced seamlessly across devices. Google Music is getting it done, but there are a few warts: a) It keeps pushing its marketplace, subscription service, and "radio" feature. I'm interested in none of them. b) There's no (sane) way to make a track f…
You can set up a Subsonic server, there are multiple apps like DSub and the official Subsonic app which are very polished. http://www.subsonic.org/pages/index.jsp https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=github.daneren...
It's a libre fork of Subsonic that removes the licensing code.
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#29Genuine question: what's the need of music players these days? I mean, all the songs are locked in music streaming app (apple music, spotify)- where do you download your songs from?
Also if you often travel between borders, streaming music is just not an option.
I have an offline collection of about 500GB of music, but there are people who have substantially more.
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#30Genuine question: what's the need of music players these days? I mean, all the songs are locked in music streaming app (apple music, spotify)- where do you download your songs from?
On SoundCloud you can find tons of mixes. I don't have a data plan so I prefer to listen to podcasts offline.
I do have a data plan and prefer to listen to podcasts offline. The amount of data podcasts can take up is crazy