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This looks like an advertising post to HN, here's a FOSS app instead which has been around for a long time: https://vanilla-music.github.io/ https://vanilla-mu

This looks like an advertising post to HN, here's a FOSS app instead which has been around for a long time: https://vanilla-music.github.io/ https://vanilla-music.github.io/

someperson 6y ago
Vanilla Music is the best FLOSS Android music player I've come across so far
ffpip 6y ago
Musicolet is much better than Vanilla Music in terms of UI and features. If privacy is your concern, Musicolet cannot access the internet. It does not have that permission. I use the app, and I have checked for connections it tried to make on startup. There were one.
- ffpip 6y ago
  *there were none
khimaros 6y ago
"Vinyl" is also great. simple and attractive interface. available on F-Droid. if network play is needed there's always VLC. combined with Wireshark and Samba, a solid personal music streaming setup.
Jonnax 6y ago
This is a forum where people share what they've built. But also it's hosted by a Venture Capitalist Firm. So even if it was advertising I don't see the problem
- stonesweep 6y ago
  The submission is not an article discussing it, nor a Changelog with a new feature, a commentary about the app or other HN worthy discussion launching content - it's simply a link to a random app website. HN has guidelines saying don't use the site for promotion (we have Show HN for that), and as a reader I consider it spam and am calling it out as such. Replace the link with something better about the app (blog review? news? IP lawsuit? whatever works) and we're back on track.
Lammy 6y ago
I usually prefer FOSS too, and your paranoia for advertising is healthy imo, but I was looking for a PowerAmp equivalent that I could sideload to an old offline KitKat phone for a car trip this weekend without cracking. I did find Vinyl and the others but didn’t care for their UI. This was what I ended up going with and liked it enough to share :)

This looks like an advertising post to HN, here's a FOSS app instead which has been around for a long time: https://vanilla-music.github.io/ https://vanilla-music.github.io/

someperson 6y ago

Vanilla Music is the best FLOSS Android music player I've come across so far

ffpip 6y ago

Musicolet is much better than Vanilla Music in terms of UI and features. If privacy is your concern, Musicolet cannot access the internet. It does not have that permission. I use the app, and I have checked for connections it tried to make on startup. There were one.

ffpip 6y ago
*there were none

khimaros 6y ago

"Vinyl" is also great. simple and attractive interface. available on F-Droid. if network play is needed there's always VLC. combined with Wireshark and Samba, a solid personal music streaming setup.

Jonnax 6y ago

This is a forum where people share what they've built. But also it's hosted by a Venture Capitalist Firm. So even if it was advertising I don't see the problem

stonesweep 6y ago
The submission is not an article discussing it, nor a Changelog with a new feature, a commentary about the app or other HN worthy discussion launching content - it's simply a link to a random app website. HN has guidelines saying don't use the site for promotion (we have Show HN for that), and as a reader I consider it spam and am calling it out as such. Replace the link with something better about the app (blog review? news? IP lawsuit? whatever works) and we're back on track.

Lammy 6y ago

I usually prefer FOSS too, and your paranoia for advertising is healthy imo, but I was looking for a PowerAmp equivalent that I could sideload to an old offline KitKat phone for a car trip this weekend without cracking. I did find Vinyl and the others but didn’t care for their UI. This was what I ended up going with and liked it enough to share :)