1. Use noTunes — https://github.com/tombonez/noTunes
   • Works decently well at making sure that iTunes/Apple Music doesn’t open, but doesn’t forward the play command to your music player of choice.

• iTunes Sniper — https://github.com/wesbos/iTunes-Sniper
  • This for me is the better script, but it requires a ton more setup as you effectively need to wrap it in a plist and launchctl it. Instructions on that are available here.
  • I had this working for a number of years, but then had to disable it to do a trial of Apple Music when they started doing HIFI. It took me a long time to remember how I had disabled it. Once I figured it out, I deleted the file in frustration and haven’t gone back to set it up again.