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Still not sure how to position, price or even name the macOS version of Longplay. It can only play non-DRM protected albums, so it's only a subset of what the iOS app can play, and it doesn't have a way so far to manage your music so you're reliant on the Music.app.

Might call it "Longplay Collector's Edition" and just sell it directly through Gumroad or so. Might upgrade it later to a "proper" Longplay for macOS when either Apple adds APIs for third-party apps to play Apple Music content (let me dream!), or when I let you drop your manually curated albums from a folder on your disk and let you manage those through the app.

https://indieapps.space/@longplay/109634383651258594

Post by Longplay. "As part of the big 2.0 update, Longplay is getting a full-featured macOS companion app. Collections and playback stats sync between them, and it's quite pretty to look at. Gotcha: You can only listen to albums that are not DRM protected. Beta testers welcome: download.longplay.app/mac/long…" The post contains an image with the following description: "Screenshot for Longplay for macOS. Dock on the left, highlighting the dynamic dock icon, next to it the mini player window, and on the right the main window showing artwork for all the albums, along with various controls." Posted on 5 Jan 2023 at 14:05

The iOS version has a sizeable audience, but I feel like it'll be tiny for macOS given these constraints... so probably not worth it to fret too much over this.

Looking forward to getting it out. It's been a great learning experience. It's my first Mac app based on and and I'm proud of the result. (And my low-level audio player in there turned out more robust than the built-in one that handles DRM'ed content on iOS...).