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Any way to listen to music (privately?) (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm going insane. I cannot for the life of me find a suitable way to listen to music privately. I'm on iOS, and I don't know whether to just stick to Apple Music or give up on music in general (I tried, TRIED to go local, but all the apps are shitty). Any way to listen to music and not have your data compromised? Should I just stick to Apple Music and hope that laws change (maybe something like EU's DMA?)

Edit: Hey all! First of all, thank you so much for all the recommendations! I've discovered so many great apps and tools I didn't even know existed (and it has also brought my hopes up for privacy in general). Even though it's still not perfect, I've been using foobar2000 on iOS, downloading music I find (I'm still using Apple Music for discovery, but will probably stop when my subscription ends this month). For desktop I'm using HyperPipe, which although a little buggy at times is so awesome! One thing I do miss about this system is the lack of lyrics. Apple Music has such a beautiful UI when it comes with lyrics, but you can't have it all when it comes to privacy it seems. Thanks for the amazing discussion! I'm so far loving Lemmy ;)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you want a streaming service, you could try HyperPipe. It's an alternative frontend to YT Music. There's also BeatBump, but it doesn't really work.

If you wanted to go local (which I recommend), have you tried foobar2000? It's proprietary, but I trust it and it does its job very well. No ads, no data collection at all, and it plays just about every audio format you'll normally come across (apart from MIDI files). You can also customise it with skins, sync over FTP, and play internet radio streams.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

First of all, I love this thread as I keep finding new stuff I've never heard about. HyperPipe is awesome and it eases my anxiety that there are still private options for music. For foobar, the iOS app is pretty snappy, though it's missing a queue feature. A feature as simple as that is kind of a deal breaker for me. Any hope that there'll be future updates to the iOS app?

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[–] darkwiiingduck 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You know you can use the Apple Music app for local files right?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I built an OpenMediaVault NAS and run a JellyFin server on it.. connect with wireguard and stream music with Symfonium I've decided to download on the web.. it's a little work to get there but it's def private as long as you trust the devs. I'd also recommend vimusic for music discovery and web playing.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Gotta pirate it unfortunately. Buy it on band camp and support the artists directly, then host it yourself. Navidrone works great.

[–] PartyPooper 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Guess I'll be the one to ask. Why do you want music privacy?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I buy music from 7Digital and Bandcamp, store the files on Plex Media Server and use PlexAmp for playback on my iOS device.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

If you're able and willing to self-host, I've developed a pretty great system that automates my entire process. The app I'm using on mobile is also available on iOS

https://zemmy.cc/post/25500

[–] Lord_McAlister 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What kind of psychopath uses Amazon music? Like I'm already appaled people would use apple music, Amazon music just seems mental....

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Of the 3 listed, Apple Music is by far the best. And yes, I’ve used all 3.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

flac

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Resonate is really nice. There aren't that many artists yet tho...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

tried to go local but the apps are shitty

die-hard poweramp fan here but idk if it also exists for ios

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

ViMusic

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

VLC for iOS?

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