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Re: Apple Music Web Client

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Post by ssalazar »

tempsy wrote: post #84
ssalazar wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is there still patent uncertainty around React (or Angular)? Otherwise, Im not sure why anyone outside HN would care about the optics of which front-end library was used.

Are you really saying you don’t understand why Apple might not want to use a framework created by their frenemies in Facebook and Google, especially given Apple’s focus on privacy and willingness to make an example of FB and Google for their comparatively lax privacy standards?

Sure, but how does any of that resonate with the general public? "Apple is using Facebook's front-end code library" isnt exactly a gripping headline or tweet. You can read the source code to either; its not as if theyre secretly embedding tracking into every React/Angular app.

Re: Apple Music Web Client

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Post by ehsankia »

craze3 wrote: post #12

Wow, us Apple Music users have been waiting for this forever! For anyone who's curious about how this product developed: - April 2016: Apple releases Apple Music API - December 2018: A third-party Apple Music web player is launched on Product Hunt: https://www.producthunt.com/posts/playapplemusic-com (Created by https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=shivdhar ) - January 2019: Another third-party alternative, Musish, l…

Spotify has had it since 2008 and Google Play Music since 2011. Blows my mind that people have used this for so long without web support... Then again if you're stuck in the garden, you don't have much choice.

Re: Apple Music Web Client

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Post by ec109685 »

eddieh wrote: post #63
lainwashere wrote: post #59

This is great, no longer trying to get iTunes working in wine on linux, just play the music straight from the browser, and if you want a native app, Windows and MacOS has iTunes, no electron non-sense.

Actually Apple Music in iTunes is just a web view that leaks like crazy, to the point of making iTunes slow to a crawl, if you're quickly navigating through artists and albums. Not much better than Electron IMO. Apple Music in the browser seems like there isn't much hope of a truly native experience now.

The iMessage app is also just a webview (at least up to 10.14).

Re: Apple Music Web Client

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Post by wyclif »

tptacek wrote: post #88

Can't link directly to a personal playlist (even if it's "published" to Apple's weird social network) for someone not already logged in (they just get the Apple Music landing page). So close! They're so smart, they'll figure this out some day!

Right, and that's one of the reasons why I use Spotify and won't use Apple Music.

Re: Apple Music Web Client

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Post by wyclif »

wyclif wrote: post #95
tptacek wrote: post #88

Can't link directly to a personal playlist (even if it's "published" to Apple's weird social network) for someone not already logged in (they just get the Apple Music landing page). So close! They're so smart, they'll figure this out some day!

Right, and that's one of the reasons why I use Spotify and won't use Apple Music.

Actually, this won't even let me sign in with my Apple ID. It accepts my username/password, and prompts me to "Try it now", but when I click that, I get a drop down telling me I need to open the Apple Music client. Bravo, Apple.

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Post by deaddodo »

wyclif wrote: post #95
tptacek wrote: post #88

Can't link directly to a personal playlist (even if it's "published" to Apple's weird social network) for someone not already logged in (they just get the Apple Music landing page). So close! They're so smart, they'll figure this out some day!

Right, and that's one of the reasons why I use Spotify and won't use Apple Music.

I used to use them when they were MOG. Between becoming Beats (which I stuck to for awhile) and then Apple trying to wall garden them, I just ended up using Google Play Music.

Re: Apple Music Web Client

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Post by matthewvincent »

tempsy wrote: post #78
penagwin wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> React is FB and Angular is Google This doesn't matter in practice - they could have freely used either to design the web client at no cost. If they wanted to take over development and go their own direction they just had to fork them.

Of course in doesn’t matter in practice. It’s the optics.

Not that it matters but I interviewed for an Apple team that was using react. Something adjacent to iTunes if I remember correctly.

Re: Apple Music Web Client

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Post by kweinber »

RandallBrown wrote: post #21

This was the reason I chose Spotify over Apple music all those years ago. Any reason to prefer Apple Music over Spotify? Spotify's recommendations have been absolutely stellar for me over the years and I have a lot of playlists and stuff "locking" me in.

You can choose to filter explicit songs for your kids in Apple Music.

Re: Apple Music Web Client

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Post by mlthoughts2018 »

I’m so sad that most consumers want to pay for things like this or Spotify.

I only buy digital albums, almost always from Bandcamp or bespoke band-specific sites, or Amazon if there’s no other choice.

Always just a straight download of mp3 or ogg formats, backed up and accessible in cloud storage.

I use VLC player on all my devices, and syncing music with the VLC wifi download tool is so extremely easy and simple.

I have all the music I could ever possibly want, easily accessible on all devices and easy to sync on all devices, no internet connection needed, no monthly charge or user account, no ads, can transfer it all to any new devices I get with no vendor lock-in.

I just can’t believe the populace was suckered into music streaming instead of music owning. So sad.

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