So, I’ve heard about XManager for a little while and just finally decided to try it, and…

So just level with me, is this thing an advertising scam? When I tap on a version and choose download, an ad appears, I wait for it’s timer to finish, close it and… Nothing happens. It never downloads anything, just serves ad after ad.

Edit: So, after disabling ads and trying again several more times, I was able to download and install.

  • RagingToad@feddit.nlEnglish
    10·
    11 months ago

    It’s always infuriating that the git repo is full of documentation but I cannot find an answer to the question: What Is It Exactly?

    • kaktus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      11 months ago

      It’s an app to patch the spotify app, so you have all the premium features. It’s not illegal per se, but still, they don’t want to grab too much attention.

      • newIdentity@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        110·
        11 months ago

        It is kinda illegal. It’s copyright infringement

        The illegal part is downloading the copyrighted Spotify apk

        • kaktus@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          11 months ago

          But xmanager is not providing the apk, so the project doesn’t do anything illegal.

          Also if you root your phone (not illegal for some devices) you can install any app from the store and the apk is just there… on your device, which you can then patch.

          • newIdentity@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            13·
            11 months ago

            Also if you root your phone (not illegal for some devices) you can install any app from the store and the apk is just there… on your device, which you can then patch.

            Yes that’s completely legal. It’s just illegal to download it from somewhere else. You don’t even need root to get the APK.

    • DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.caEnglish
      31·
      11 months ago

      If you mean what is Xmanager, it’s an app for downloading patched versions of the Spotify app to have premium features.

  • fede@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    11 months ago

    Not a scam, I’ve used it for ages. Where did you download it from?

      • fede@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        11 months ago

        It’s correct. I opened mine and tried to download something random and got your same error. Can confirm it’s not supposed to be like this.

  • TheHawaiianKoala@kbin.social
    6·
    11 months ago

    You can go to settings to disable adverts, I had system wide adblocking so never encountered any ad but it can be disable from settings. Also it is working on my end

  • InterSynth@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    5·
    11 months ago

    It’s not a scam. It just has issues compiling the APK on certain phones, like Xiaomi. They have a Telegram group to download precompiled APKs without the need for xManager.