@xkillurfacex Certanly, the outlook is bleak. Even as a Windows user, I can say I agree with you, there's literally no alternative such as Strawberry which, in my opinion too, respects the user and his files, not adding all the bullshit the player considers music just because he wants. Not to mention I feel more comfortable with Strawberry because of its simple but also complete interface, audio controls, and also it includes Genius as a lyric provider, which is my favorite provider and it's really useful for people like me who sometimes wants to read the lyrics of the songs and not just put the music in the background while I do other things. Speaking about recent software, I literally cannot found another software with the SMP characteristics or at least some of them, even considering Windows has more dedicated software, with the Microsoft Store in Windows 10 for example. The only promising software I found was GOM Audio Player, but the interface is horrible, and the audio rendering is worse.
So, despite of Windows having alternatives, none of them can comprate with SMP, at least that's what I have found in my explorations. And if we speak about obsolete software, the sight is darker, because, for example, SMP is a 100% improved version of Clementine, which was an excellent software. From then on, the rest of the obsolet software is, how you could expect, obsolete. Clementine, Amarok, and other softwares which doesn't have more updates anymore, are stuck. And since SMP is also an open-source software, and a fork of Clementine and Amarok, if you were a fan of those mentioned softwares like me, you have an all-in-one with SMP. Now, the reason why I'm talking about Windows is because the guy above me (Or below me, I dunno) spoke about MacOS, operating system with probably EVEN less options. Especially considering how Apple quit iTunes and now they replaced their trustworthy player with Apple Music, software that brings more problems than solutions for those who have music in files and not in streaming. Frankly, streaming sucks, some of us just want to listen the music in the original MP3, FLAC or M4A files without paying a monthly suscription. Not to mention some albums of avantgarde/experimental music are Bandcamp-exclusive, meaning you can only buy them in Bandcamp as a digital download, or as a physic disc in the store of the band, though that's irrelevant for the isssue here. If I want to listen my fresh and recently bought album from Bandcamp in Apple Music, looks like I can't because Apple Music behaves as a little child who wants to make a tantrum, for not listening to the artists he wants, in the streaming plataform. No, thanks! Even Microsoft has Windows Media Player, and not an streaming plataform, thank God! Despite of WMP beign obsolete, at least works better than Apple Music, though it doesn't respect much your files too; Im looking at you, bucking Music Library in WMP.
So, in conclusion, yes, looks like even in Windows, SMP is the only one left. This is why I encourage to anyone who enjoys this software to donate and keeping alive the project. SMP is a pretty new Music Player, and in spite of it, brings too many good options and interesting ideas to the table. Probably people may thought we are only worshipping insanely the work done with SMP, however the true insanity here is how the rest of the alternatives, despite of having more time and experience in the market of music players, have worse characteristics or functions than SMP.

I agree with this idea too.

I said my opinion before, and I'll say it again: Paying five bucks for Strawberry is not that crazy, and supporting Jonas is completely optional, you can only suscribe a month and wait for the next update to renew that subscription; is not like if you don't pay a month the program gets completely blocked or something.

Considering he is releasing versions for Windows, MacOS and Linux all the same, he's investing a lot of time and knowledge to fix bugs, offer new functions, etc. Naturally, there'll be bugs and problems as always. If big enterprises have trouble fixing their software, I imagine a dude programming alone in his PC would have all those same problems too.

I can't entirely blame him for taking this decision. I personally like Strawberry and support him with a small amount of money is the least I can do. That last part is only personal, I've seen people moving on to other options and that's fine too.

@bluesshow Are you using a Mac with Apple Sillicon? I have understood the build for Sillicon is still work in progress?

@jonas I know this is probably off-topic, but I hope you are okay. Get all the rest you can, health should be your top priority.

@parakovsky Same! For me, Strawberry is the perfect music player with no doubt. I'm in love.

@blumentopf You're welcome.
And BTW, Strawberry has also a File Type column if you want to remember the format of your music files. Is particularly useful if you have songs and/or albums in multiple formats.

@Gustavo-L-Conte I think Jonas already answered a topic like this in the past, but I'm not entirely sure. Either way, I think captchas are a good idea to control spam.

@Dunlin Yes, it is possible. Right click over the song you want to add the lyrics in Strawberry > Edit Track Information > Lyrics.

@Gemini62167 Thank you for bothering in writing such a long post about this Apple theme. I'm sad too about the fact things changed for worst since the decease of Steve Jobs; I always knew Tim Cook was making a deplorable job as the new CEO (Remember that iPhone X presentation for the 10th anniversay of the original iPhone which was more a spit to the face of the user than a real tribute to the original phone?) but I didn't knew things were this messed. Looks like you know Apple more than me so I don't have too much to add as a feedback, so I'll thank you again for writing all this for me, and for the rest of the people who's reading in this thread.

And thanks to Jonas for doing such an excellent Music Player, even for Mac users; I think Mac users needs a hero since the most recent OS systems doesn't have iTunes anymore and the number of music players is low.

@blueberry As far as I know, the Nyan Cat analyzer is still on Strawberry. Try simply doing a right click over the analyzer and check if it's still on the list.

@Gustavo-L-Conte I think Jonas already answered a topic like this in the past, but I'm not entirely sure. Either way, I think captchas are a good idea to control spam.

@blumentopf You're welcome.
And BTW, Strawberry has also a File Type column if you want to remember the format of your music files. Is particularly useful if you have songs and/or albums in multiple formats.

@blumentopf I have understood that CD icon appears in the Source column when the songs you're playing are part of your Collection.
To add songs to your collection, you have to go to Settings > Collection > Add New Folder > and there you add the folder or folders where you have your music archives. If you have a large collection, it'll be a slower process.

I said my opinion before, and I'll say it again: Paying five bucks for Strawberry is not that crazy, and supporting Jonas is completely optional, you can only suscribe a month and wait for the next update to renew that subscription; is not like if you don't pay a month the program gets completely blocked or something.

Considering he is releasing versions for Windows, MacOS and Linux all the same, he's investing a lot of time and knowledge to fix bugs, offer new functions, etc. Naturally, there'll be bugs and problems as always. If big enterprises have trouble fixing their software, I imagine a dude programming alone in his PC would have all those same problems too.

I can't entirely blame him for taking this decision. I personally like Strawberry and support him with a small amount of money is the least I can do. That last part is only personal, I've seen people moving on to other options and that's fine too.

@jonas Understandable. Funny enough, I met Strawberry in one of those sites with malware you mentioned, and yeah, zero information about how to sponsor you or to donate. If it weren't for my curiosity, perhaps I would never met the original Strawberry creator and website. I wish you luck with this idea, for real, five bucks for your music player doesn't sound that crazy.

@IAmTheWalrus The lowest tier in Patreon is $5, so you are virtually paying that for the new version.

@wbtk Same issue here. You're not the only one.

@happy-turtle1 I found this site
https://addons.videolan.org/p/1288971/
I think this one has the Mac versions from past releases. Let me know if you found them.

@happy-turtle1 There's a website called Npackd where you can download older versions of Strawberry. I am not sure if they have the Mac versions, but you can try.