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Is Xmanager a Scam? (lemmyonline.com)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Ganbat@lemmyonline.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
 

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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[–] RagingToad@feddit.nl 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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?

[–] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year 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.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] Ganbat@lemmyonline.com 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] fede@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year 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 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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

[–] junusdenised420@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] InterSynth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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 4 points 1 year 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.