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Question Mark Mound posted:I vaguely remember a music player app I used. Sounds like Pacemaker AI DJ, which was discontinued after Spotify broke DJ style apps using thejr API to access their library via streaming. Offtrack or Mixonset appear to be alternatives with an automising functionality from playlists, local or streaming. Algoriddim djay has a similar function too.
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Neurophonic posted:Sounds like Pacemaker AI DJ
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Mar 25, 2025 07:56
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I loved those old DJ apps on Spotify back around 2012 - 2015, was really bummed to see them be sunset - I discovered so much music through an app that let users submit and upvote songs on a community playlist in real time.
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Mar 25, 2025 17:31
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This beauty is almost old enough to drink. It syncs well with my 2014 Accord, but I want to change it's library. It's so old I'm soliciting advice on how to update it without changing functionality. I used a program called Media Monkey last time, but it's hard to find info on this.
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Mar 25, 2025 21:41
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I've really got burnt out on how lovely Spotify DJ is for me. EIther it's stuck on some bizarre feedback loop and over-indexing on it's own suggestions as my personal taste or, more likely, there's some payola going on which heavily influences what it plays. I don't mind daylist but if you don't dig the vibe you're kind of screwed in the moment.
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Mar 25, 2025 22:12
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deoju posted:This beauty is almost old enough to drink. iPods still sync just fine with iTunes or Apple Music. Of course, if you've lost your original library then they will blow away what's already there.
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Mar 26, 2025 02:46
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Actually on the above question, is it possible to use Offtrack with just the local list try without signing up to the £39.99 subscription? I can’t find a way to get in to using the app without agreeing to a free trial followed by subscription.
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Mar 26, 2025 12:36
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I got a message from a friend who I guess thinks of me as their tech-savvy friend: quote:Was wondering if you know of any unenshittified apps/ways I can read/edit/store sheet music on my iPad! I've always been an Android user so I don't really know my way around this ecosystem, plus I don't really interact with sheet music. But maybe someone here has a good recommendation? I'm not certain what they mean by "unenshittified" in this context but I assume avoiding apps that run on terrible subscription models is preferable.
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Mar 29, 2025 11:10
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Woebin posted:I got a message from a friend who I guess thinks of me as their tech-savvy friend: Lots of people use GoodReader for sheet music. It’s just a pdf reader with features.
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Mar 29, 2025 11:21
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Woebin posted:I got a message from a friend who I guess thinks of me as their tech-savvy friend: I’ve heard of some folks using forScore on the iPad. It’s not free though but maybe there’s something there they would like. https://forscore.co/
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Mar 29, 2025 12:50
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ForScore is the way to go if they’re willing to buy the app - the pro subscription is not necessary. I use it all the time across different ensembles. It really shines for musical theater pit playing - when the MD wants to cut out 35 measures and then jump back 3 pages and then stick some other section in as scene transition music, you can rearrange things so that it’s all in order and you don’t need to jump around in the music. It has some annoyances but it’s by far the most widely used app for sheet music so any question that could come up has been answered online.
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Mar 29, 2025 13:44
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Thanks! I relayed your replies to my friend, sounds like they'll look into ForScore.
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Mar 31, 2025 13:34
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Sofa was just updated in TestFlight for podcasts. It’s still pretty janky but a WIP as far as builds go. I originally bought it as a centralized place to itemize all of the *content* I’ve been wanting to consume, eg ebooks, TV, Movies, Games. The dev is super responsive and nice in the discord as well. FilmNoir is prettier and better laid out for movies and tv with Trakt support IMO but Sofa is a better all-in-one. Either way, re: subscription talk earlier, I’ve purchased “lifetime” licenses for many apps even if it means the equivalent of 3-5 years upfront. Plus, the mental fuckery of another $2-5/m sub just eats away at me vs throwing $100-200 upfront and forgetting about it. Most of the lifetime licenses are usually sold by smaller devs who have set the price point for that exact reason, as most users won’t dive into it. Flighty has also been worth it for me but I fly frequently each month as well. Some apps, like Carrot, I never expect that option due to the operating costs of weather data for example. Euphoric Ostrich fucked around with this message at 01:05 on Apr 9, 2025 |
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Apr 9, 2025 01:03
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Euphoric Ostrich posted:Sofa was just updated in TestFlight for podcasts. It’s still pretty janky but a WIP as far as builds go. I originally bought it as a centralized place to itemize all of the *content* I’ve been wanting to consume, eg ebooks, TV, Movies, Games. The dev is super responsive and nice in the discord as well. So now it's a Podcast player too? Is the dev adding like all the niceties you'd expect from that nowadays, ex: chapter support, volume boost, speed options that stuff? Reeder has podcast support too but I can't imagine using it for that. Edit: Flighty is one of the nicest apps I've seen but I only use it when I'm flying which isn't that often so I'm glad I can just pay for a week of use or whatever when need be.
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Apr 9, 2025 01:05
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TBH I haven’t had a chance to really mess around with it as Overcast still works just fine. So no idea on the potential roadmap that you mentioned. I did run into syncing issues when I added a feed on macOS and tried to open it on iOS later though.
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Apr 9, 2025 01:09
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Overcast still has people complaining about the redesign and some Airplay 2 bugs, I don't really care about it. Marco still hasn't read my emails about letting me skip chapters with my steering wheel controls  Been hard to move away from Apple Podcasts anyways, I really like the redesign that got.
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Apr 9, 2025 01:11
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A few years back I worked with the guy who made Sofa, we were both UI/UX designers. He was one of the best to work with, hilarious and good guy. He was learning Swift on his own time and I’m not sure if he quit his full time work to support Sofa full time but he certainly understands the importance of research/testing/feedback/iterating. Definitely a guy worth supporting. Happy to see him having success with his passion project.
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Apr 9, 2025 01:38
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Overcast still crashes almost daily for me and I doubt it’ll ever be fixed at this point since Marco is a clown.
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Apr 9, 2025 14:42
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Marco has the restaurant to worry about now.
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Apr 9, 2025 14:45
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The Dave posted:A few years back I worked with the guy who made Sofa, we were both UI/UX designers. He was one of the best to work with, hilarious and good guy. He was learning Swift on his own time and I’m not sure if he quit his full time work to support Sofa full time but he certainly understands the importance of research/testing/feedback/iterating. Happy to hear he's as nice as he seems. He is indeed full-time indie now! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A_cQNFsdRs
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Apr 9, 2025 14:48
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Ojjeorago posted:Overcast still crashes almost daily for me and I doubt it’ll ever be fixed at this point since Marco is a clown. The new UI is whatever I’m never looking at the app anyway, but it’s become so buggy since the code re-do.
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Apr 9, 2025 15:04
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So weird to have such different experiences. Overcast crashed on my sometime during the first week after the big update, but it hasn't since. I use it daily for podcasts and audiobooks, and I think I mess around with settings to a degree that it's not like I'm using it stock. I only have 8 podcasts and 3-4 books at a time, so maybe that plays into it.
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Apr 9, 2025 16:21
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canyonero posted:So weird to have such different experiences. Overcast crashed on my sometime during the first week after the big update, but it hasn't since. I use it daily for podcasts and audiobooks, and I think I mess around with settings to a degree that it's not like I'm using it stock. I only have 8 podcasts and 3-4 books at a time, so maybe that plays into it. Yeah, I use Overcast a lot, with a lot more podcasts than you, but the only real issue I’ve had with it since the redesign came out is that occasionally when I try to resume playback it’ll jump to the next episode for some reason. But a bunch of people are obviously having more serious and frequent issues. Like you said, it’s weird.
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Apr 9, 2025 18:43
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I don’t get crashes with Overcast but I do find the CarPlay buggy in a way no other apps are (though I don’t really use many CarPlay apps to compare). About 1 in 10 times I try to use it I just get a completely black screen - I can start the podcast playing from the phone itself and it’ll sound fine, but can’t control it in any way from the car screen. When it’s in this bug state it’s still only Overcast affected - I can switch around to other CarPlay apps fine.
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Apr 9, 2025 23:05
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Froist posted:I don’t get crashes with Overcast but I do find the CarPlay buggy in a way no other apps are (though I don’t really use many CarPlay apps to compare). About 1 in 10 times I try to use it I just get a completely black screen - I can start the podcast playing from the phone itself and it’ll sound fine, but can’t control it in any way from the car screen. When it’s in this bug state it’s still only Overcast affected - I can switch around to other CarPlay apps fine. I think that’s an issue with some podcasts apps because I’ve had the same happen with Pocket Casts but never with Apple Podcasts.
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Apr 10, 2025 04:18
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Huh. That’s interesting to know at least, thanks
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Apr 10, 2025 08:17
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Is there a reason why some articles in Apple News are locked behind News+, even though I can just straight up to go that publisher's website and read the same article for free without any paywall? I almost never check in on Apple News and every time I do I wonder why anyone would find it useful.
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Apr 17, 2025 13:47
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Question Mark Mound posted:Is there a reason why some articles in Apple News are locked behind News+, even though I can just straight up to go that publisher's website and read the same article for free without any paywall? Rent-seeking.
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Apr 17, 2025 15:57
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It's such a worthless app. I mean, I'm sure it's making them tons of money, god knows my dad sends me enough links from it and every time I have to explain we dont' subscribe. Speaking of which, any good replacements yet? The last one I was into folded so they could re-imagine themselves as a social network that promptly died because surprise surprise most people who were on board for a news feed didn't want to stick around for twitter but lamer.
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Apr 17, 2025 17:27
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I think there was a report fairly recently about how News+ (along with like every other standalone Apple service other than iCloud) is actually not profitable at all and effectively a value-add for Apple One plans.
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Apr 17, 2025 17:31
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Question Mark Mound posted:
Browsing a news site witha phone is like getting teeth pulled, give me news+ any day, even the free version. Being required to get the most expensive bundle to geta "discount" is trash. The only other thing on there worth getting is Apple music. Apple Music with Apple News+ is a bundle that might make me hesitate on YouTube premium, but that has the music AND ad-free YouTube, so there's never a reason to get Apple music. Ever. Mister Facetious fucked around with this message at 17:40 on Apr 17, 2025 |
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Apr 17, 2025 17:36
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maduin posted:I think there was a report fairly recently about how News+ (along with like every other standalone Apple service other than iCloud) is actually not profitable at all and effectively a value-add for Apple One plans. News+ shouldn’t be losing that much money. They’re just posting other people’s content and splitting any ad revenue. It’s probably a rounding error off what TV+ loses every year.
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Apr 17, 2025 18:16
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I hate how Apple didn’t bother cleaning up how ads are shown on the News app. That’s like the only reason I don’t bother with it lol. Also I’m just a RSS fan so Reeder is more than enough for me.
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Apr 17, 2025 19:50
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I've found myself avoiding the news wherever possible - It might as well be a social media feed designed to push corporate interests, propaganda, and fear. Not that you can avoid it, really.
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Apr 17, 2025 20:27
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Skeezy posted:I hate how Apple didn’t bother cleaning up how ads are shown on the News app. That’s like the only reason I don’t bother with it lol. I still have a few feeds that I follow on Reeder, but they're getting more and more janky looking as time goes on. It's hit or miss whether they'll render correctly or look like someone opened a WordPerfect doc in MS Word.
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Apr 17, 2025 20:28
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Krispy Wafer posted:I still have a few feeds that I follow on Reeder, but they're getting more and more janky looking as time goes on. It's hit or miss whether they'll render correctly or look like someone opened a WordPerfect doc in MS Word. I’m over a decade of using Reeder, and probably another decade beyond that using RSS in general. But yeah, dwindling time (getting older + kid) and web enshitification means I basically just page through the article titles these days and rarely read the stories.
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Apr 17, 2025 20:47
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Apple News is extremely targeted at Not Me; there’s a whole nav button dedicated to sports and no way to remove it or even change the topic. I can block certain outlets but… they still show up? The app’s fundamental philosophy is incomprehensible to me. RSS plus a handful of sites I check the front page until I die.
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Apr 19, 2025 22:59
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Asa free user, I just create widgets for the genres i want, bunch them into a Smart Stack™ and mostly ignore the app itself altogether. You can tap one of the suggested articles, or click the subject it's under, and the app will feed you more from that option.
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The weirdest thing I found with Apple News+ was all the articles about female teachers having sex with their students. And before anyone says, “HA, his algorithm”, it turns out it was 100% the Fox News feed. Once I blocked Fox, I stopped getting my weekly Boomer fantasy notifications.
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I haven't looked at Apple News in a while, does it still try to force feed specific publications? Because that's what got me to delete it. Magazines are boomer poo poo so stop acting like it's a thing. The local news was pretty bad too if you aren't in one of the cities they curate for. The whole thing just felt way too opinionated, pushing that weird "the world with blinders on" thing that Apple does.
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