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I would love to see a non-proprietary desktop music player. Just something simple that I can listen to my MP3s with. Audacity is great, but it’s a PITA when it comes to casual listening.
/s. As sbv Said in another comment, I think it’s best to join an existing project. Loops has potential to rival TikTok but it’s still not in a state I would use.
Edit: I could have placed the /s a bit better to flag my surreal sense of humour. I was joking about FOSS lacking a desktop music player, because there seem to be hundreds of them. I use Audacity for editing, not listening to mp3s :)
You got Fooyin as a viable, and even really good, open alternative to Foobar2k.
There are more than I ever wanted to know:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_audio_player_software
We can go further
Audacity is not a music player, but a music editor. Aren't there countless desktop music players you can use?
You mean like foobar2000? I don't know much about fully FOSS players, but foobar is free