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I love it! I hate that most of these apps are subscription based for no good reason. This is so clean and nice... One thing that would be awesome would be an

I love it! I hate that most of these apps are subscription based for no good reason. This is so clean and nice... One thing that would be awesome would be an option to preload and cache the noises. I regularly use white noise machines in offline situations (planes, remote camp ground), offline mode would make it the ultimate machine!

matteason 3y ago
Great suggestion. I'm testing a PWA version at the moment (https://test.ambiph.one https://test.ambiph.one) and PWAs do allow offline caching of resources but I'm not sure if I'll bump up against any cache size limits. I seem to remember reading that Safari is particularly stingy unfortunately.
- iyifr 3y ago
  This would be so sick!
- charles_f 3y ago
  Awesome! Maybe a toggle to select those you want to preload?
  - matteason 3y ago
    Yeah, once I've implemented saved mixes prioritising those sounds would be good too
jen729w 3y ago
> I hate that most of these apps are subscription based for no good reason. The developer earning a living?
- corytheboyd 3y ago
  If there are continued costs associated with running the service, sure, I’ll pay a subscription if it’s good enough. A subscription for static content is a complete and total grift. Such content should be a one-time payment, which I will happily pay if it’s good enough
  - jen729w 3y ago
    > A subscription for static content is a complete and total grift. You're here so I'll charitably assume you've managed a web server ever. There is no such thing as 'static'.
    - atoav 3y ago
      Yes there is. And I am the admin of multiple webservers. What you are right about is that the content being static does not mean the work load is zero
    - charles_f 3y ago
      If you're building a mobile app with a few noises, then it's static. You might get updates to the OS API once in a while, but there's no ongoing work. I'm fine giving you a fixed fee, as we've always done until everybody became crazy about subscriptions.
  - matteason 3y ago
    I have considered adding a subscription tier called Ambiphone Minus which gets you absolutely nothing extra and may even take features away
    - charles_f 3y ago
      I think I would do a donation if I use it
    - corytheboyd 3y ago
      I love it haha
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- AlexeyBelov 3y ago
  I have side projects as well but I'm pretty sure most developers have a day job. I don't earn anything from my side projects and don't want to. I'm afraid money would "change the equation" and might damage the user experience and awaken the low-key greed in me.
michaelmdresser 3y ago
I believe this is adjacent, but I quite like https://asoftmurmur.com/ https://asoftmurmur.com/. I’m not sure if it’s able to run offline.

matteason 3y ago

Great suggestion. I'm testing a PWA version at the moment (https://test.ambiph.one https://test.ambiph.one) and PWAs do allow offline caching of resources but I'm not sure if I'll bump up against any cache size limits. I seem to remember reading that Safari is particularly stingy unfortunately.

iyifr 3y ago
This would be so sick!
charles_f 3y ago
Awesome! Maybe a toggle to select those you want to preload?
- matteason 3y ago
  Yeah, once I've implemented saved mixes prioritising those sounds would be good too

jen729w 3y ago

> I hate that most of these apps are subscription based for no good reason. The developer earning a living?

corytheboyd 3y ago
If there are continued costs associated with running the service, sure, I’ll pay a subscription if it’s good enough. A subscription for static content is a complete and total grift. Such content should be a one-time payment, which I will happily pay if it’s good enough
- jen729w 3y ago
  > A subscription for static content is a complete and total grift. You're here so I'll charitably assume you've managed a web server ever. There is no such thing as 'static'.
  - atoav 3y ago
    Yes there is. And I am the admin of multiple webservers. What you are right about is that the content being static does not mean the work load is zero
  - charles_f 3y ago
    If you're building a mobile app with a few noises, then it's static. You might get updates to the OS API once in a while, but there's no ongoing work. I'm fine giving you a fixed fee, as we've always done until everybody became crazy about subscriptions.
- matteason 3y ago
  I have considered adding a subscription tier called Ambiphone Minus which gets you absolutely nothing extra and may even take features away
  - charles_f 3y ago
    I think I would do a donation if I use it
  - corytheboyd 3y ago
    I love it haha
- deleted 3y ago
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AlexeyBelov 3y ago
I have side projects as well but I'm pretty sure most developers have a day job. I don't earn anything from my side projects and don't want to. I'm afraid money would "change the equation" and might damage the user experience and awaken the low-key greed in me.

michaelmdresser 3y ago

I believe this is adjacent, but I quite like https://asoftmurmur.com/ https://asoftmurmur.com/. I’m not sure if it’s able to run offline.