I believe in FOSS to the point that I often unnecessarily uninstall mysql for mariadb.

With that said, I hate to be the guy w/ a non-FOSS recommendation but my suggestion, Symfonium (a paid app that has a free trial), does have a way to get the full version without Play Services.

I use it for online radio and it also lets you add descriptions/tags you can filter stations based on the tags for if/when your list gets long. And the online radio isn’t even the most popular feature for most users:

• Completely reconfigurable layouts
• Completely customizable ‘Now Playing Screens’
• It’s just one dev and he is VERY responsive to feedback (perhaps overly as he chimes in on most negative reviews on Play Store) and has built out various features based on forum suggestions/bug reports
• Smart playlists: For example they have Favorites, Recently Added, Most Played, Random, Rediscover. And all of these can be further split by Album/Artist/Playlist/Track
• It is integrated w/ my server running Jellyfin, so I can play music across all my devices and allows you to cache/download content for offline playback but otherwise allows you to stream over LAN

There’s too much to cover about it w/o sounding like a shill. Here are some people that aren’t me w/ their opinions:

• https://reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/17lyd3j/dev_symfonium_music_player_cast_the_self_hosted/

And here is an update on changes posted by the dev last week:

• https://reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1jb6kiz/long_overdue_symfonium_update_thanks_for_the/

If you are legitimately interested/believe in scientific rigor, then here is the research paper published in Nature Scientific Journal by the University of Cambridge: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08897-0

lemmy.ml?

There are bots in the fediverse just like everywhere else.

Cannot recall. Just remember that texts/calls were impossible so I couldn’t link up w/ people I was looking for.

Here’s my results from PocketCasts. Niche AF I’m guessing

Currently binging the backlog as we speak. They just hit Covid lol

‘The Rest is History’ is how I’ve been getting my world history. Great banter from two British hosts

Nothing like some crowdsourced help to fine-tune the google search for your kink.

I can’t speak to 5G but my Mint 4G service was non-existent when I was at a concert. It was otherwise great the other 99.99% of the time fwiw. Been a user for ~7 years

Two out of 10 Linux users agree that insert name here is the best distro

It’s audio-specific but I use Audiobookshelf’s RSS feed

I have a local folder where I put downloaded youtube audio and the RSS feed updates automatically when new files are placed there. Then, I access it through Lissen or the official audiobookshelf app.

Same. I imagine it’s how most Christians feel about their loudest supporters as well

Very nice UI. Pleasantly surprised (even if I’m staying w/ ansiweather)

Interesting read, thanks for sharing.

It was the first (only?) app where I was baffled at the features compared to the price. It’s a joy to use. If you self-host music, it beats the competition by miles

To those late to the party, you can sample the piper-related voices here so that you’re not in a crapshoot: https://rhasspy.github.io/piper-samples/

Just to clarify, this is standalone and doesn’t need a local LLM or anything yeah? Also, any tips on tutorials for the install process?

Edit: Nevermind, I realize it’s install and use

Might want to link to the official page for a bit more context

Veronica Explains has a good intro video on it if you’re looking for an intro btw.

If thinner, lighter and modern-ness are of interest, I’d say a chrultrabook, but they are more finicky re: swapping out parts. If you are looking for TUI-only, then it can be a sufficient option for a fraction of the price of the competition.