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These owners are just whatever lawyers have gotten ahold of the WinAMP trademark.
Anybody remember when they attempted to push out the source code for WinAMP on GitHub and failed miserably? Or included NFTs?
Will be reborn? If they had actually released Winamp under a real open source licence, it would have been reborn years ago! A bit late for it now!
I have the feeling the new version’s tagline will be something along the lines of
“WINAMP, IT REALLY SUCKS THE LLAMA’S CORPORATE COCK!”
Who needs it? Audacious + Winamp skin.
Winamp was great back then, but now anything respecting my folder sorting and supporting Milkdrop works for me.
i hope “under no circumstances should you Check new versions of Winamp at startup” option continues to work
AIMP for life. Sure, it stands on the shoulders of llamas, but it’s unbeatable. And it’s got a native Linux version now, too!
foobar2000 and mpv wreck the everloving shit out of it already
Winamp revived: nostalgia tickled!
Subscription warning! Go fuck yourself!
WINAMP! It really licks the llama’s ass!!
whips*
Hey man, don’t yuck his yum
insert Kash Patel joke here
It’s coming back with a monthly subscription.
It’s dead already, then. WinAmp’s heritage was providing a free audio player. I was looking forward to a refreshed build to test out, but I won’t pay for it.
There are a dozen better, free, maintained, and actively developed players out there. This is less than too little, and far too late. Those of us who used winamp back when it was still activly developed will continue to have nostalgia for it, but I bet it will be DOA to most of the target audience.
I’ve only kept up on news for it because I was hoping it would be reborn true to itself. I have zero interest in it as a subscription model.
it appears to be just an added optional feature, a winamp-branded deezer subscription and client, with the traditional local play and customization and what-not still part of the ‘free’ program (presumably… details are scarce).
but… i left winamp years ago. i won’t go back. i have playlists sorted and can just use vlc these days. idc about customizing or visualizations and that shit. i just want a player to sit in the background and do its thing. there’s dozens of acceptable programs without a subscription sales pitch built in.
Unlike traditional digital streaming platforms, the new Winamp Player will not be limited to music streaming. It will seamlessly combine premium streaming with users’ local music libraries, internet radio stations, podcasts, personal cloud-based collections and other audio sources, while introducing a highly customizable interface, new social capabilities and innovative ways to discover, organize and enjoy music.
Source https://www.engadget.com/2259236/winamp-coming-back-2027-deezer-partnership-streaming-music/
It sounds like the local playback is the “optional” feature. That’s still gonna be a no, at least for me. Fpr Hifi, I’ll stick with FooBar2k, or something that is a proper hi-res FLAC player first and has bolt-ons/plugins second. The same article also links to another, they actually already released a new build of classic winamp a few years ago.
https://www.engadget.com/winamp-mp3-player-software-returns-191027227.html
🏴☠️
Fuck Winamp then.
Foobar2000 it is then
The MP3 era’s favorite player returns with a monthly subscription.
The sub-subtitle says enough that you should just look elsewhere.
The llama’s ass > Winamp
Winamp: It really IS the llama’s ass.
It’s coming back with a monthly subscription.
All I want is a simple, nostalgic media player.
qmmp is pretty close to what winamp was.
VLC or Foobar2k?
Personally, I’ve always stuck to VLC. Although Foobar2k’a playlist editing and directory scanning makes for a nice lightweight iTunes.
