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Nice! Speaking of Winamp - are you using any alternative music player for iOS that you would recommend?

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Can't go wrong with FB2k: https://www.foobar2000.org/mac

It now has a last.fm plugin, so let's get scrobbling!

sweet! Thx!

Corrected link for iOS (TIL!): https://www.foobar2000.org/ios

I started using https://github.com/kushalpandya/Petrichor a while ago.

Though design is more akin to the default Apple Music app than WinAmp.

Interesting! Will be checking it out.

I've wanted a music player like the early versions of iTunes for a while, and this looks like it might fit the bill.

Those who've only known Music.app and later iTunes versions might be surprised to learn that there was a time when iTunes actually had a clean, intuitive UI: https://www.versionmuseum.com/history-of/itunes-app

Beautiful. I remember running iTunes 5 on my Powerbook G4, incredible how things have changed.

Decoupled: <https://apps.apple.com/us/app/decoupled/id1382409837>

100% offline-only. Open in Finder, drag&drop music, enjoy the untethered experience.

That's exactly what I like, airplane mode-friendly. Thanks!

I love Decoupled, but the lack of updates and Apple's tendency to delist unmaintained iOS apps makes me nervous. I swapped over to VLC last year.

I’ve been using Jewelcase for a while. https://apps.apple.com/in/app/jewelcase/id6642683626

Excellent, I like offline players best.

I like Swinsian (assuming you mean MacOS)

I really liked this too, but balked at the license fee and ended up not paying.

Swinsian was the only Mac music player I could find that could come close to replicating my old MusicBee setup. The license fee was annoying but I paid it anyway and have no regrets.

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