as a streaming service… That really sucks the llama’s ass.
This does not whip the Llamas ass.
Winamp will be reborn
No. No, it won’t.
You’re bringing back everyone’s favourite free pirated mp3 player as a subscription service… why?
This is a whole enshitification process right there. After a few months Deezer will start removing content that you will have access to over the winamp subscription, or winamp will pull an Amazon and insert ads into the paid subscription, call it basic subscription, and ask for more money for premium without ads.
Fuck this, I’m fine with my navidrome.
Yo……ho……
Edit. Jokes aside I am with you. I still have my mp3s that I ripped from 20+ years ago. The best thing to do is go back to physical media.
I’ve been looking for a solid DAP for my car playing and afternoon walks, bit those things, at least the good ones, are super expensive. Still, better than paying for subscriptions though.
All while selling your personal data because you agreed to that when it was buried in that giant EULA/Privacy policy/etc. that you didn’t read
What? No, I read every single part of them…
Said no-one ever 🤣🤣
Lol yep.
Though lately I just give the URL to an AI to read and call out red flags. Sometimes there’s an email address buried in the legalese to opt out of data sharing (and the LLM can draft an email to copy-paste). Though, at that point, I’ve usually lost too much trust in the service and find alternatives.
Someone already revived Winamp in the best way years ago with Winamp 2.0 in a browser, complete with all the skins they could salvage: https://webamp.org/
Underappreciated work. Note that you can drag-n-drop your own music and listen it there!
Why would I choose it over VLC?
Because it really whips the llamas ass!
Winamp’s got a certain “je ne sais quoi”, … style? Personality?
Another subscription thing. Sad.
Again?
I just realized it doesn’t even need to be reborn to “take on streaming.” Y’all with home servers and a big music collection can just start hosting Shoutcasts again and we can use the OG Winamp to stream. :P
Anyone else still use Foobar2000?
Winamp isn’t even good. There are much better media players. Use Strawberry.
VLC? Foobar2000? I liked winamp.
I liked Winamp too. It hasn’t aged well. I’m amazed people use VLC for music. I know you can, but there’s better software out there.
VLC works for everyhing, but it’s very ugly and clunky. I use mpv for videos and I haven’t really played music on my computer since the AmaroK days.
Haven’t heard of this one yet, they’ve got downloads for Linux, will have to try it out. Thanks!
It’s the best I’ve used. Hope you like it :)
Let the dead stay dead.
For real, Winamp had a great run. Stop ruining it.
I don’t understand the point of this. Strawberry Player exists. Shortwave exists. I miss the old Zune Player. Mais, c’est la vie, non?
It’s probably just nostalgia, but honestly it never hurts to have more choice.
We have too many companies that keep consolidating and leaving users with little or no alternative for products and or software.
Again?
