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.
  • Raiderkev@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    18 days ago

    I remember back when iPods were a thing, I hated how you couldn’t drag and drop files, and manage your own storage. Syncing seemed so stupid, and I couldn’t believe that they were so popular. The thing they had going for them is it’s idiot proof to the point where it pissed off anyone who knew what they were doing. That’s been Apple’s MO since roughly that era, and I can’t stand their products because of it.

    • Lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      17 days ago

      The thing they had going for them is it’s idiot proof to the point where it pissed off anyone who knew what they were doing.

      I’m solidly in that group lol. I had a 5th gen iPod Video in high school, and you bet your ass it drove me absolutely insane that I couldn’t just drag and drop music onto it. The “manually manage device” setting was an absolute godsend, for sure, but I ended up installing RockBox anyway.

      I still have that iPod somewhere…

      • madjo@feddit.nlEnglish
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        15 days ago

        I have an iPod with Rockbox installed. I hate how Rockbox still doesn’t have support for inline remotes of a lot of headphones, including Apple’s own wired headphones.

        But that’s wildly off topic, sorry 😊

        • Lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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          15 days ago

          Haha, I have the official Apple FM receiver attachment, and the Belkin wireless remote. Never tested them on Rockbox…

  • CH3DD4R_G0B-L1N@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    18 days ago

    It always confounds be to come across such bold claims that are so easily debunked by…just anyone doing the thing claimed to be difficult/impossible. I have my own mp3s on my iPhone right now. Like what?

      • basic daydreams@feddit.clEnglish
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        18 days ago

        and requires iTunes syncing, annoying, limited encoder support and not available on Linux unless you use a third party app, not that many open source or privacy-friendly ones

  • blitzen@lemmy.ca
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    19 days ago

    Honest question, what’s hard about playing an MP3 on any Apple device?

    • net00@lemm.eeEnglish
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      18 days ago

      Nothing

      • You can import music from itunes, if you like doing it the old way.
      • There are a crap ton of media player apps with ability to connect to self hosted or cloud storages. Many are single payment and others are open source. One good one is nPlayer.
      • You can put mp3 on the native files app and just tap on it.

      The article is just misleading ragebait turned into an excuse to show their app and things about iOS development.

  • isekaihero@ani.socialEnglish
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    18 days ago

    I’m still using an ancient version of Winamp. I think it’s some version of winamp 5.

    If it keeps working I’m going to keep using it. Your mp3 player doesn’t need to go online it just needs to play your mp3 files. Why would it ever need to be updated?