A great mobile app for free music (thelemmy.club)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by idk837384@thelemmy.club to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I recently got into the piracy community, and discovered a great open source app for Android that allows you to stream music for free from YouTube music! It's called ViMusic and it's one of the best free music apps imo. It has a beautiful and customizable interface and it actually has a music recommendation algorithm which is one of the main reasons people still pay for music subscriptions like Apple Music instead of pirating. This app has been really helpful to me and I hope that it can be to you too :)

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[-] Lix_xD@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There's also innertune (yt music, like vimusic) and xmanager (Spotify)

[-] ArtikBanana@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago

Just be aware that while xmanager itself is open source, the patched spotify apks it downloads and installs can be filled with obfuscated malware and you have no way of knowing.
The patches aren't open source.

[-] ThatsMrCharlieToYou@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I second xmanager

[-] DeriHunter@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Using it as well for 2 years I think! Great stuff

[-] moreeni@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I second innertune, worked fine for 8 months. Last update (a week ago) introduced some annoying bugs though :(

[-] zxo@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 year ago

I love ViMusic, it's helped me find a lot of music over thr time I've used it. Its reccomendations are quite good, and I can just donate to the artist if I like the music instead of trusting my streaming service to underpay them.

[-] idk837384@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah I've also found some really great songs through ViMusic

[-] Flagpole2465@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I just downloaded it and holy shit this app is pretty and works well.

[-] MrPeach4tlanta@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I use a pirated version of Tidal on my phone, but ViMusic is great too.

[-] MischievousTomato@lemdro.id 1 points 1 year ago

link me

[-] MrPeach4tlanta@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

For what? Tidal or ViMusic?

[-] Brochetudo@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

I have used a pirated version of YouTube music; it seems this app offers just about the same but with a saner interface. YouTube music also has recommendations in a very similar fashion

[-] Finkler@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Cheers, always nice to find something new to play with.

[-] jaum22@lemmy.eco.br 4 points 1 year ago

There is also revanced YouTube Music

[-] Very_Bad_Janet@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

So, to use this, I download F-droid to my Android device and then download Vimusic?

[-] cutitdown@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

That works. F-Droid is an alternative to the Play store. You can also download the .apk directly instead if you prefer. Just scroll down to the versions and find the most recent.

[-] idk837384@thelemmy.club 5 points 1 year ago

You don't need to download F-droid, you can just scroll down to the downloads section on that page. Also you can just find the ViMusic GitHub repo and download it from the releases there.

[-] Very_Bad_Janet@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Thank you

[-] Isotretinoin@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Do you need any help with fdroid ? did you do it ?

[-] Very_Bad_Janet@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

https://kbin.social/u/@Isotretinoin@lemmy.ml that was so kind to inquire. No, I haven't done it yet. I'm gathering info for when I bite the bullet and buy a laptop specifically for sailing the high seas. Right now I'm just streaming from YT with an ad blocker. I'll save your reply for the future in case I need to reach out for help. TY!