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submitted 8 months ago by Ninjazzon@infosec.pub to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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Open source Spotify client that doesn't require Premium nor uses Electron! Available for both desktop & mobile!

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[–] sanpo@sopuli.xyz 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

But it's not a Spotify client, is it?

IIRC it uses Spotify APIs to generate playlists, but that's all.
Actual music gets streamed from YouTube.

[–] Neato@ttrpg.network 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Thanks. I was interested how it was getting access to Spotify music library and suggestion algorithms but turns out it just isn't.

Wonder why is trying to pretend to be Spotify when it could just market itself as a YouTube music interface.

[–] sanpo@sopuli.xyz 1 points 8 months ago

I don't know why, but personally it really rubs me the wrong way.

It's not really "false advertising", since it's not a paid app, but still...

Real open source alternatives exist, but they require Spotify Premium to actually stream music legally straight from Spotify.

[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl 1 points 8 months ago

Doesn't work without a Spotify account. No playlist downloads. Eats ram on my laptop like crazy. But it looks nice.

[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago

Man I love open-source for such things. But wait does Spotify really have an API? I didn't know that

[–] cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

You have to create a spotify account for it to work? Sorry!

[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago

On the Github page it says that the app has anonymous login feature. Idk how exactly it works though