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    Cider services that interact with the closed-source backend

Have you ever wondered why Cider costs $800 per month to operate and has 2.8 billion workers requests per day, while not being famous at all?

Here's why.
(C1 = Cider 1, C2 = Cider 2)
Cider API

*.api.cider.sh

AM token grabbing: Authenticating MusicKit JS

Automatic


iCloud Music Library album art for Discord Rich Presence

Automatic - however, it does not seem to be working right now…


C1 MKJS caching: Loading MusicKit JS from Cider's backend instead of Apple's CDN

On by default, disable in Settings → Advanced → turning on Load MusicKit from Apple

Removed in 51f28144d0302a37b957f8370c880e81362591bb


C1 Musixmatch Lyrics Proxy

Activate in Settings → Lyrics → turning on Enable Musixmatch Lyrics

Added in e087146f7ceacbcb995b34f7ca07b1dbd5e61c00
Removed in c27f77fcb4939fb082b4fe73ef17df34df139693


C1 Theme/Plugin mirroring for mainland China users

Activate in Settings → Advanced → turning on Theme & Plugin Mirror to Cider


C1 Audio Lab on the Cloud

On by default, current status unknown


Cider Connect (account creation required)

*.ciderapp.workers.dev, connect.cidercollective.dev, connect.cidercollective.cider.sh, connect-6iv.pages.dev, *.cider.fm

C2 Cider Connect Authentication

Automatic


C2 Spotify Integration

Activate by connecting Spotify with Cider


C2 Listening Together Party

Activate by signing into Cider Connect


C2 cider.fm short-links

Activate by starting a Listen Together Party


C2 Relay Service: Originally to prevent protocol links (i.e. cider://) from spawning another instance of Cider, and buffers requests on Firebase Realtime Database and makes the client listen to the database instead. Now a core part of Cider Connect

Activate by signing into Cider Connect


C2 Remote / Game Bar overlay (Planned): powered by C2 Relay Service

Activate by signing into Cider Connect (monthly payment required in the future)


C2 Cider Collective backdoor: Allows Cider Collective administrators to control your Cider instance, powered by C2 Relay Service

Activate by signing into Cider Connnect & connecting to Discord
More info: https://discord.com/channels/843954443845238864/997036669976989777/1058290098510254101


(Planned) C2 Config Sync

Activate by signing into Cider Connect


C2 OBS Web Source: shows your now playing song inside a webpage which can be shown inside OBS

Activate by signing into Cider Connect


(Work in progress) C2 last.fm Scrobbling

Activate by connecting last.fm with Cider
Currently, I think scrobbling works client-side and not through Cider Connect.