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Re:Winamp 5.8 Release – First update in 5 years by supermdguy on Friday October 19, 2018 @03:58PM (#18259551)
Spotify has a playback SDK[0]. It's meant for web use, but it could probably be used to create a custom native player. You'd just need to have a webview somewhere.

[0]: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-playback-sdk...

Re:Winamp 5.8 Release – First update in 5 years by RexM on Friday October 19, 2018 @06:38PM (#18260603)
They used to have a C library called libspotify that they quietly stopped supporting and later killed off.

https://jonaslundqvist.net/2015/05/06/do-not-use-libspotify/

Re:Winamp 5.8 Release – First update in 5 years by earenndil on Saturday October 20, 2018 @12:41AM (#18261799)
There's an oss alternative called librespot https://github.com/librespot-org/librespot
Re:Winamp 5.8 Release – First update in 5 years by RexM on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @12:33PM (#18284866)
Thanks, I didn't know that existed.
Re:Winamp 5.8 Release – First update in 5 years by SSLy on Friday October 19, 2018 @04:54PM (#18259983)
IIRC this is used by Clementine, a QT-based desktop player.