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Re:Apple Music on Android requires its own payment details t... by reagank on Thursday June 18, 2020 @01:04PM (#23565139)
But the second doesn’t apply - you can’t listen to Apple Music with a different app, you have to use their app.
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Re:Apple Music on Android requires its own payment details t... by hellcow on Thursday June 18, 2020 @01:09PM (#23565188)
You can listen to it in a browser. You can use an iPad. There are many ways to use Apple Music that do not involve an Android app.
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Re:Apple Music on Android requires its own payment details t... by mmcclure on Thursday June 18, 2020 @01:24PM (#23565348)
This, but to take this even further, MusicKit and the Apple Music APIs even allow for 3rd party Android apps to play back purchased content.
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Re:Apple Music on Android requires its own payment details t... by kick on Thursday June 18, 2020 @01:27PM (#23565381)
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/musickitjs

MusicKit JS lets users play songs from Apple Music and their Cloud Library inside your JavaScript app. When a user provides permission to access their Apple Music account, your JavaScript app can create playlists, add songs to their library, and play any of the millions of songs in the Apple Music catalog directly in a browser, with no ...

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