submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by Ganbat@lemmyonline.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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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.

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[-] fede@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

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

[-] Ganbat@lemmyonline.com 5 points 10 months ago

Got it from the GitHub repo, Team-xManager/xManager

[-] fede@lemmy.world 6 points 10 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.

[-] RagingToad@feddit.nl 10 points 10 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.world 6 points 10 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.

[-] janguv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago

Not all the premium features. Audio quality is restricted, e.g.

[-] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago

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

[-] junusdenised420@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 10 months ago

There sould be an option to disable the ads, they are just there if you want to support them without donating

[-] TheHawaiianKoala@kbin.social 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 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.com 5 points 10 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.

[-] pacjo@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Xmanager doesn't compile the apk. I downloads the same files you have on telegram.

The main advantage of it over manually downloading the files is somewhat easier usage and update notifications.

[-] Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

I don't know what xmanager is and have never used it but a quick google search makes me think that you got got. This seems to be the official source. Purge your pc and grab the download from here.

https://github.com/Team-xManager/xManager