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I Built My Own Audio Player

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292 points nexo-v1 | 6 comments | 22 May 25 14:09 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source | bottom
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josefritzishere ◴[22 May 25 15:19 UTC] No.44062960[source]▶
It's interesting that most/all of the available tools for playing digital music, a well-known and very popular activity... suck. Do we think that's enshittification or product managers misunderstanding the market? In a normal universe one might otherwise expect it to be saturated with options.
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dylan604 ◴[22 May 25 15:44 UTC] No.44063194[source]▶
The enshitification was completed when they convinced us to no longer want to own our own copies of music but to perpetually rent access to their content.
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1. lukan ◴[22 May 25 16:05 UTC] No.44063417[source]▶
The latest Iteration I discovered 2 days ago, a audio service(via Amazon), where you have limited time for listening. So I get to listen to that new audiobook, but see my 10 h contingent decrease every second I listen. Creates a new vibe for me.
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2. dylan604 ◴[22 May 25 16:24 UTC] No.44063601[source]▶
Libraries had the same count down, but it just wasn't in your face. If you returned a book after the agreed time, they charged you late fees. These guys just cut off access to it. They should have a late fee equivalent where you can extend the time without having to pay the full rental rate again.
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3. lukan ◴[22 May 25 18:00 UTC] No.44064805[source]▶
Maybe I was not clear, but the counter only ran while it was playing.

That is something completely different to me, as it limits replaying.

Having access for 14 days lile a boo kwould be something very different and more OK with me. But limiting the act of playing that audio itself has a new quality for me.

4. Obscurity4340 ◴[22 May 25 22:24 UTC] No.44067814[source]▶
Ughh, I hate the sound of that. Hard pass, I'll find whatever it is and download the darn thing or create an audiobook from it if need be
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5. lukan ◴[22 May 25 23:36 UTC] No.44068307[source]▶
Yes, but recording the audio is annoying, but currently what I will do ...

(DRM of course)

Edit: but apparently I was wrong and the "countdown" was just the time left of the audiobook. But the mobile UI was stuttering, so that wasn't clear. But thinking about it, I am surprised it ain't implemented yet for real.

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6. Obscurity4340 ◴[26 May 25 00:39 UTC] No.44092755{3}[source]▶
I think you could actually just play the audiobook and screen capture video the whole time and you'd have a decent clear video with audio you could just rip the audio from. Only problem is you would have to have it running the whole amount of time without any hiccup in that process but I got a great, rare piece of audio I couldnt find anywhere that way