In the aftermath of Epic selling Bandcamp to Songtradr, Bandcamp has found itself in a place of instability. Half of the company’s employees were laid off post-acquisition, leading many to speculate over the beloved platform’s future. Most importantly, many artists who depended on the service are left looking for alternatives.
While Funkwhale has supported Subsonic clients for a few releases now, one developer has decided to invest time in building a beautiful mobile app specific for Funkwhale users. Antoine Popineau, known by his developer handle as apognu, has been hard at work developing Otter. In his own words: This project started out because I listen to music primarily on the go, and I was accustomed to have native players for my previous music services.
One really cool feature of the Funkwhale platform lies in its ability to stream media directly to mobile devices. This is made possible through its partial adoption of the Subsonic API, which is supported by a handful of different mobile clients on Android and iOS.