Re:Soundcloud for the Desktop
by seanp2k2 on Monday January 25, 2016 @01:37AM
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I'd be interested in seeing a benchmark of something like cmus or even Winamp vs something using browser-based tech like Spotify or this. My hunch is that it's a huge difference. I typically use my phone to play Spotify / SoundCloud to wireless headphones to save the CPU overhead at work.
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I do wish the more mainstream companies stopped the JS-based-app trend. Spotify was snappy a few years ago and is now a resource hog. And don't even mention the Slack Mac app...
Re:Soundcloud for the Desktop
by vmateixeira on Monday January 25, 2016 @04:30AM
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I agree with you but unfortunately that doesn't seem to be happening in a near future. With this BigData thing where companies want to keep track of your data, likes, etc web is their way.
I do miss old times native and robust desktop applications.
There's no reason they couldn't collect that data on 'native' apps though; we've got Google Analytics integrated in our mobile app which sends events to the same account as the website.
Re:Soundcloud for the Desktop
by vmateixeira on Monday January 25, 2016 @06:22AM
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I gave it a search and you're actually right[1]! I was aware of the web/android/ios analytics apis, didn't know this one.
Thanks for that! :)
Although, this even makes it more difficult to understand this path.
[1]https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection...