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umami_wasabi@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Google admits Spotify pays no Play Store fees because of a secret deal | TechCrunch

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Google during a testimony in the Epic vs Google trial said that a deal with Spotify allows the audio company to completely bypass Play Store fees.
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    What is xManager?

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      I wondered this myself, so Googled it, and found https://www.xmanagerapp.com/

      … And I’m still none the wiser. All I learned that it’s for Android and does… something.

      • 𝔹𝕝𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕊𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕁𝕖𝕨@lemmynsfw.com
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        Pirated Spotify premium for Android.

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          I’ve used it for a few months, and every time after 60 days exactly spotify killed my account.

          It’s nice if you just want to listen to adfree music, but not to actually build a library you can rely on.

          • 𝔹𝕝𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕊𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕁𝕖𝕨@lemmynsfw.com
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            There are risks you have to deal with when you pirate stuff, not everything are beautiful sunsets yo know 😉😉.

            Right now I’m using NewPipe x SponsorBlock and ViMusic and everything it’s going apparently fine, let’s see how the things evolve but right now are running smooth.

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              Yeah I’ve been using NewPipe x Sponsorblock for about 5 years, the main benefit with Spotify was that frequently accessed songs are stored locally, while newpipe streams them all over again, unless you explicitly download them. And the spotify algorithm was much better at suggesting related artists, my youtube algo is overwhelmed from all the non-music stuff I watch.

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                Yeah NewPipe definitely need a better cache system, and about the algorithm I truly don’t know, I have years WO using Spotify since I moved to YouTube Music Premium and then to ViMusic.

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      Search for it in Google “xManager download”

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