Librepods: AirPods liberated from Apple's ecosystem

Re:Librepods: AirPods liberated from Apple's ecosystem by 12345hn6789 on Sunday June 28, 2026 @07:12PM (#48712761)

FYI android 17 fixes the bugs in the Bluetooth stack that previously required root to fix. But, this app still charges $5 for using features your air pods have. I'll be spending my afternoon forking and enabling them.

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Re:Librepods: AirPods liberated from Apple's ecosystem by Spill4288 on Sunday June 28, 2026 @08:32PM (#48713325)

I get the idea behind wanting to fork and improve it, I truely do. I also get the idea behind wanting to see how the innards work.

However I'm a developer and I gladly paid the $5 so I can support the original dev for all the work that they have already done, and also for open sourcing it. I really don't want to maintain my own fork, sync it, build apks etc

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Re:Librepods: AirPods liberated from Apple's ecosystem by itsnoone on Monday June 29, 2026 @12:46AM (#48714910)

Hi! The developer here. The app requires a purchase only when you install it from Play Store. The FOSS version available on GitHub takes you to my GH Sponsors page where you can wait for a few seconds and return back to the app. Or you can also just click the Restore Purchases button. There's no need for a fork :)

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Re:Librepods: AirPods liberated from Apple's ecosystem by dewey on Monday June 29, 2026 @08:38AM (#48718488)

That’s why selling anything to developers is no fun, they don’t know how to value their time.

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