I am proud to be one of the 2.6k people who illegally forked winamp
kicked by the llamas ass
I used VLC before and ill continue using VLC
VLC UX kinda sucks, but it does everything I need it to.
Agreed, considering VLCs functionality it can look ugly as hell
I use audacious. It's perfect.
i use musicbee for audio. vlc for video. musicbee is the most like mediamonkey used to be and free. got into vlc because of its better support of the unusual video formats
Same even my school used vlc wayy before I knew floss software
How does this affect the average music enjoyer who plays mp3s on winamp like it was 1999?
It's more likely to survive the company if it's FOSS. The app was dormant for a long time.
WACUP
Replacing native Winamp code with modern code with frequent updates by one of the most prolific classic Winamp developers.
It's fantastic.
What a shame that it isn't open source.
I'll happily continue to use Audacious with a Winamp skin.
And you can set the visuals to unlimited fps, which is fun on a good screen
And rightly so! Save the Llamas!
I'm surprised they kept it up for so long honestly. It was very clear they had no fucking clue what they were doing. What with the nonsensical license that violated Github's tos, the Dolby Code they leaked, and the fact they kept every commit public for everyone to see.
And it's not like deleting will fix it now, it's been copied millions of times now.
vlc my beloved
Can someone explain me what's the business model of an app that's free for three decades? They claim to have 100 devs, how can they pay them?
The current revived version appears to be tied to a content streaming platform for "creators," and also sells NFT's. The mothership certainly gets a cut of all of those sales. Just like seemingly every other techbro venture nowadays, their business model entirely revolves around being a "service," and the media player itself is apparently just a side hobby. (Note that this is basically exactly the same mutation that happened to Napster. That worked well.)
Otherwise, the answer is sponsorship by a corporate sugar daddy. Even the OG Winamp was sponsored by and then ultimately bought outright by AOL.
sells NFTs*
They're sponsored by WinRAR. Those guys are loaded.
Is this real?
No, sorry, it's a jab about how no one paid for WinRAR either.
WinRAR did make piles of money by focusing on the commercial market. They really didn't care if home users went past the free trial period, but they did care if you were a business.
I don't know what WinAmp does, or ever did.
Unsurprising given that their repo's license was a contradictory mess
Anyways I'd recommend using Strawberry instead
It's an actual Free and Open Source music player:
...That site's UI looks like someone saw the marketing literature for the Frigidaire produce preserver and said, "Yeah, that'll do."
Lovely that it is open source, but dear lord that UI is a blast from the past ๐๐ ๐ด๐ต๐๏ธ
I'm using foobar2000. Should I be using something else?
Foobar is still the best there is, although the classic style interface might not appeal to younger people.
I just use Audacious with a winamp skin. Looks identical but actually FOSS.
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