Looking for a place to find the Windows version of this without paying $20 for a single version or $5/month for regular updates
EDIT: which one of you mad lads did this? https://codeberg.org/WetOtter44/StrawberryMusicPlayer
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Thanks to whoever 🙏😁
Download the source code and build it?
I’m a bit surprised that this request is creating so much friction. This to me, is just a run of the mill “help me find a free download of this software” request that shows up all the time here.
I’m not comfortable trying to build this myself. I am happy to just use the inactive Clementine media player this is forked off of if people are really so offended by my request.
I totally understand why the dev wants to be paid, I’m just not going to be the one to do it.
Yeah I don’t have an answer for the thing you’re actually asking (sorry) but this is 100% a reasonable take and honestly I fully approve of their approach here. Strawberry is licensed under the GPL, it is libre software and can be packaged in any FOSS operating system without issue. This adds to the free software community. They are explicitly only selling to people who don’t value free software enough to use a free operating system.
And to be clear, I can guarantee that no one loses sleep over piracy of their GPL software, otherwise it wouldn’t be GPL. I see it more as a way for the devs to wash their hands of troubleshooting for operating systems they don’t want to care about - anyone on windows/mac who cares enough about strawberry to pay gets listened to, but otherwise you’ve created an easy excuse for ignoring the extra work.
As an aside it’s my preferred player on linux, good software.
“Access to macOS and Windows releases are currently restricted to sponsors, a 5 USD monthly sponsorship is required.”
Really scummy on their part.
You should be able to build from source yourself to get a Windows version, although the process looks like a pain in the ass.
Curse whoever floated the idea to lock releases behind paywalls. We should not encourage this behavior.
Do not give them your money.
we also have to pay for a Apple developer account for signed macOS releases
Sounds like you should blame Apple, not the dev.
Great point.
Now, are they using this as an excuse to not provide a Windows version?
Not specifically. It sounds like they’re not really interested in maintaining a Windows version, so for that they charge. Generally I think people should be compensated for their labor, even though that might be an unpopular opinion in this community.
So, why even mention apple if you’re going to justify the developer’s actions anyways?
I’m going to go back to blaming the devs now. Nice try defending the people taking money from you. They’re banking on your low standards.
give me your work for free
Geez. Just build it yourself, you lazy leech.
Really scummy on their part.
Anyone is free to build it themselves. Someone could even distribute their own build from the same source under a different name completely legally.
They bank on users being lazy and then pay for the convenience.
Is there a particular reason why you want strawberry? It looks ugly why not go for something like musicbee
