I don’t really see any false advertising. It is explicitly described as exactly what it is.
“An open source, cross-platform Spotify client compatible across multiple platforms utilizing Spotify’s data API and YouTube, Piped.video or JioSaavn as an audio source, eliminating the need for Spotify Premium”
I guess it lacks the suggestion algo but that’s the privacy compromise I guess.
Thanks. I was interested how it was getting access to Spotify music library and suggestion algorithms but turns out it just isn’t.
Wonder why is trying to pretend to be Spotify when it could just market itself as a YouTube music interface.
I don’t know why, but personally it really rubs me the wrong way.
It’s not really “false advertising”, since it’s not a paid app, but still…
Real open source alternatives exist, but they require Spotify Premium to actually stream music legally straight from Spotify.
What are those open source alternatives you mention?
A few are mentioned here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Spotify#Third-party_clients
Are those Spotify alternative clients just for a better ux?
Yeah, but I don’t really use them, so not the best person to ask. :)
I don’t really see any false advertising. It is explicitly described as exactly what it is.
I guess it lacks the suggestion algo but that’s the privacy compromise I guess.
No, it’s not.
It says it’s a “Spotify client”. It simply isn’t.
Read the next few words
Because people like me want all my spotify playlists regardless of where they are getting streamed.