amosOct 6, 2023
holy shit, not only does "Apple Music Preview" for Win 11 not handle switching audio devices (first switch = wrong audio frequency, second switch = freeze), it also reliably drops buffers?? I can seek backwards and it keeps skipping over the same portion of the song?
phoebeOct 6, 2023
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edit: nvm, Cider (the third party Apple Music client) is made by terrible people

(cw: transphobia and many many other things)

https://www.reddit.com/r/AppleMusic/comments/vydyj8/i_know_everyone_likes_cider_but_the_devs_are/

I know everyone likes Cider. But the devs are extremely homophobic, racist, Trump apologists, and deny that Covid was ever that major. Link in post.

Screenshots from the server: https://imgur.com/a/FwEXLLO I have more if needed. I know a lot of people here like Cider. I liked it too. I just...

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Show threadArch Oct 6, 2023

@fasterthanlime Fair warning, the devs are... less than favourable characters from what I've seen presented to me. The app works but I couldn't justify giving them money so stopped using it.

Just a heads up, I'm sure others will point this out too.

Show threadamosOct 6, 2023
@arch aaaaaaaaaaaaah fuck
Show threadArch Oct 6, 2023
@fasterthanlime Exactly my reaction >.<
Show threadmichciaOct 6, 2023
@fasterthanlime oh, i remember when it was just an electron wrapper. does it support offline downloads?
Show threadamosOct 6, 2023
@michcia the old version was an electron thing, but it's all moot since they're transphobes etc. ah well.
Show threadmichciaOct 6, 2023
@fasterthanlime ... ah well (i didn't notice the edit until just now)
Show threadMelissa ​Oct 6, 2023
@fasterthanlime oh ffs.. guess I gotta switch over (at least there’s an alternative to Cider now?)
Show threadAbhiramOct 6, 2023
@fasterthanlime ah shit
Show threadmelOct 6, 2023
@fasterthanlime i really shouldn't've read that :(
Show threadAxel RafnOct 6, 2023
@fasterthanlime I had no idea about that. Never recommending it again =/
Show threadAxel RafnOct 6, 2023
@fasterthanlime I see that the Cider 1.x was released under AGPL-3, so we could just fork the project.
Show threadEepy Lunya cuddly edition Oct 6, 2023
@fasterthanlime oh nuu why is so much software written by assholes really makss me sad
Show threadamosOct 6, 2023
@chloe I feel like I know most of the people to stay away from, this was new
Show threadFSMaxBOct 6, 2023
@fasterthanlime I'm literally drinking cider right now ... this (edited) post initially confused the heck out of me.
Show threadamosOct 6, 2023
@FSMaxB I edited it again to remove the confusion