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   Dr. Matt Lee ?:verified: (mattl@social.mat.tl)'s status on Saturday, 01-Apr-2023 12:03:34 JST Dr. Matt Lee ?:verified:

   It’s been 14 years since we launched libre.fm. I want to rewrite the software while keeping the things people listened to available.

   I wish I had the energy for it. I don’t. People don’t know it exists. I wonder if we might better serve people with a system to forward things somewhere else.

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     Dr. Matt Lee ?:verified: (mattl@social.mat.tl)'s status on Saturday, 01-Apr-2023 12:15:54 JST Dr. Matt Lee ?:verified:

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     • Phil M

     @pmarrone @mattl well that’s good, but I’m really bored of telling people we existed.

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     Phil M (pmarrone@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 01-Apr-2023 12:15:55 JST Phil M

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     @mattl I love it!!

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     Dr. Matt Lee ?:verified: (mattl@social.mat.tl)'s status on Sunday, 02-Apr-2023 10:17:46 JST Dr. Matt Lee ?:verified:

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     • outsidecontext ???️

     @outsidecontext the current version is just based on 14 year old PHP development. I want to build something new and something I can maintain in the future.

     I don’t know about Listenbrainz but does it federate? Are people using it aside from the main instance?

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     outsidecontext ???️ (outsidecontext@fosstodon.org)'s status on Sunday, 02-Apr-2023 10:17:48 JST outsidecontext ???️

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     @mattl libre.fm is a great project, and I had just recently read about the plans for a rewrite. While I was excited to hear about it, as I always am in favor of free software alternatives to proprietary services, I always wondered what that new version would bring to the table not already offered by ListenBrainz. I'm admittedly biases here, though, even when I'm not directly involved in Lab's development.

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     Dr. Matt Lee ?:verified: (mattl@social.mat.tl)'s status on Monday, 03-Apr-2023 06:54:25 JST Dr. Matt Lee ?:verified:

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     • outsidecontext ???️

     @outsidecontext I’m also not sure I’m going to do much for the scrobble service at all. I’m going to see what I can easily port to PHP 8.

     I want Libre.fm to evolve into something better.

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     outsidecontext ???️ (outsidecontext@fosstodon.org)'s status on Monday, 03-Apr-2023 06:54:26 JST outsidecontext ???️

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     @mattl What I'd definitely look at when building a new scrobble service is ListenBrainz's API. While it also supports a legacy compatibility API, the new API attempts to go beyond the old audioscrobbler / last.fm API. E.g. Maloja takes the approach of supporting both last.fm and LB APIs for their scrobble endpoints. Which makes it possible to use a lot of existing clients.

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     Mark Gardner (mjgardner@social.sdf.org)'s status on Monday, 03-Apr-2023 10:46:16 JST Mark Gardner

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     • Funkwhale

     @mattl Funny, I just ran across it thanks to Noah Rubin’s https://Finale.app, a nice #iOS / #macOS / #Android / web https://Last.fm client that also scrobbles to https://Libre.fm.

     Apparently @funkwhale also scrobbles to #LibreFM and #ListenBrainz: https://docs.funkwhale.audio/users/builtinplugins.html#scrobbler

     I’m unhappy with #LastFM’s siloed nature and would love an open/federated alternative like Libre.fm or #Hacienda. So I’d be happy to support any effort you’re willing to put in.

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     Dr. Matt Lee ?:verified: (mattl@social.mat.tl)'s status on Monday, 03-Apr-2023 10:46:16 JST Dr. Matt Lee ?:verified:

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     I don’t know if it’ll be the best scrobble destination but I hope it’ll be awesome regardless ❤️

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     Dr. Matt Lee ?:verified: (mattl@social.mat.tl)'s status on Monday, 03-Apr-2023 10:56:07 JST Dr. Matt Lee ?:verified:

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     I would love to see this on Tuesday