Show HN: A KEXP native macOS app(github.com)
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Show HN: A KEXP native macOS app
https://github.com/isaacd9/kexp-menubar
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Many years ago, someone created an unauthorized app for a public radio station I worked at. We were overwhelmed with work, and we didn’t have time to build our own, and we didn’t have time to take it down. So we nervously let it stay up.
It turned out they were hijacking our donations. People thought they were donating to the station, but the app developer was pocketing the money. They may have made off with thousands. IIRC, someone needed a receipt for their taxes, and that’s how we found out.
I would consider removing the Spotify link. You’re sending listeners to their chief competitor.
It turned out they were hijacking our donations. People thought they were donating to the station, but the app developer was pocketing the money. They may have made off with thousands. IIRC, someone needed a receipt for their taxes, and that’s how we found out.
I would consider removing the Spotify link. You’re sending listeners to their chief competitor.
> It turned out they were hijacking our donations. People thought they were donating to the station, but the app developer was pocketing the money. They may have made off with thousands. IIRC, someone needed a receipt for their taxes, and that’s how we found out.
I have no plans to do this! The app here is open source, just created by a fan, and I'm not planning to profit off of it. In fact, I'd encourage anyone who uses to make a donation to KEXP Directly: http://kexp.org/
> I would consider removing the Spotify link. You’re sending listeners to their chief competitor.
One big reason to listen to a radio station which plays a variety of music is to be able to save and listen to it in the future. I think if you're listening to the KEXP stream, you probably also already have an Apple Music or Spotify subscription and are interested in finding new things to listen to on those services. It's also worth noting that the official KEXP iOS app links out to Spotify already for the given song.
I have no plans to do this! The app here is open source, just created by a fan, and I'm not planning to profit off of it. In fact, I'd encourage anyone who uses to make a donation to KEXP Directly: http://kexp.org/
> I would consider removing the Spotify link. You’re sending listeners to their chief competitor.
One big reason to listen to a radio station which plays a variety of music is to be able to save and listen to it in the future. I think if you're listening to the KEXP stream, you probably also already have an Apple Music or Spotify subscription and are interested in finding new things to listen to on those services. It's also worth noting that the official KEXP iOS app links out to Spotify already for the given song.
They have an official iOS app, but don’t have an official MacOS app or anything. I wrote myself an unofficial one that sits in the menubar though and displays current song info and has a few nice features around pause behavior/stream resumption and airplay. I borrowed a bunch of the logos/assets from the iOS app.
I’d love beta testers and any feedback people have!