Show HN: QuickTunes: Apple Music player for Mac with iPod vibes

Post by MangoToupe » Mon, Jul 28, 2025, 5:23 PM UTC

jazzyjackson wrote: post #39

MangoToupe wrote: post #37

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Sure, but presumably that is different from the actual value of the app itself—the frontend. It's just a matter of effort to connect the interface to the backend. Why you'd insist on tying the two together is anyone's guess (likely convenience).

> (likely convenience). AKA the limited resource of developer-hours

Post by MangoToupe » Mon, Jul 28, 2025, 5:46 PM UTC

MangoToupe wrote: post #18

airtonix wrote: post #13

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I think it was when DHH announced he no longer uses a mac. All these silicon valley apple cargo cultists are still in shock of the heresy.

Who is DHH and what is he using now and why did he find the mac insufficient?

Post by saagarjha » Sun, Aug 03, 2025, 11:08 AM UTC

dangus wrote: post #32

It’s a pet peeve of mine to continually hear about how the Apple Music app is bloated. Apple literally reduced the bloat compared to the past. They removed podcast, TV/movie, and device management out of the app and moved them into dedicated places. What mythical person is struggling with the performance of Apple Music on an Apple Silicon Mac? The same Macs that can handle 4K Final Cut Pro video editing with 8GB of R…

Post by connorgurney » Sun, Aug 03, 2025, 2:14 PM UTC

MangoToupe wrote: post #42

connorgurney wrote: post #35

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But they never marketed it as a generic music player, did they? It also isn’t a toaster.

> But they never marketed it as a generic music player, did they? It also isn’t a toaster. A music player is very much a dumb pipe (or "toaster" as you call it). There's nothing special about Apple Music that makes it a backend worth devoting an entire client to.