YSK a free, lightweight alternative to Spotify

UprisingVoltage@feddit.it to You Should Know@lemmy.world – 32 points –

Why YSK: Spotify forces you either to pay, listen to ads or to find unofficial, potentially dangerous versions to use it. It's better to find a free alternative, both for your wallet and for your peace of mind.

Introducing: ViMusic

Downloads: https://github.com/vfsfitvnm/ViMusic

  • Free and open source
  • No ads/trackers
  • Song lyrics
  • Music from both YouTube Music and YouTube
  • Weights 2MB or so
  • Beautiful UI and amazing UX

Cons: no high kbps streaming support

DO NOT TRY TO DOWNLOAD THE APP FROM ANY SOURCE OTHER THAN THE ONES LISTED IN THEIR GITHUB PAGE. They are malware.

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youtube revanced

It's not quite the same thing. ViMusic is a dedicated app for streaming music, which means better user experience. You're free to stick to revanced if it better suits your needs obv

Hmm I need more info on revanced

I'd paste the R*ddit post but...

So basically you rebuild the YouTube app using revanced manager.

  1. Make sure you nuke YouTube from your phone.
  2. Download YouTube apk from apkmirror (don't install yet)
  3. Download and install from revanced.app
  4. Patcher -> select the YT apk. Patch as recommended and install
  5. Download, install and login from microG.org (basically an emulator for Google play services)
  6. ???
  7. Realise you can do the same for ad-free R*ddit, twitter, Instagram apps