In 2025, playing your own music on an iPhone is surprisingly hard, unless you pay Apple or navigate a maze of limitations. So I built my own player from scratch, with full text search, iCloud support, and a local-first experience. GitHub link
Why I Built My Own Audio Player Like many people, I’ve picked up too many subscriptions, some through Apple (iCloud, Apple Music), others got lost in random platforms (like Netflix, which I forgot I was still paying for). I actually used Apple Music regularly (and previously Spotify), but the streaming turned out to be more convenience than necessity. With a curated local library, I didn’t lose much, just the lock-in.
My solution: vmware fusion or virtualbox with windows installed on a vm and running winamp with passthrough audio.
…so you’re one of those people who seeks out overly complex and convoluted solutions for the sake of being different.
Maybe it’s just that I am in IT and the problem isn’t that difficult for me or others with tech savvy to begin with.
I was just trying to offer a solution, damn, ease up