This is why I made my dedicated audio player device an older LG phone with a headphone jack and microSD, and more importantly their quad DAC. Great wired audio fidelity and the ability to drive high impedance headphones/IEMs on the go while running on Android so I can run streaming and last.fm scrobblers. WiFi/data and Bluetooth are usually off but there when I need it. At least where I am, this was cheaper than an Android-powered dedicated Digital Audio Player. Of course a proper DAP would have more features like physical playback controls and being able to use them as DACs for other devices, but I’m happy with my old G7.
Yeah, there’s even upcoming third-party apps to fill the void left by apps like Apollo (at least for a while).
What keeps me there and not here are some niche subs for music genres/subgenres and bands, and I don’t see any of them crossing over to the fediverse until Reddit completely and utterly dies. It even seems like some went over to Discord and I’m not really a fan of that, but it’s probably more lively there than here for my interests.