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Again?
This does not whip the Llamas ass.
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.
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.
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.
You’re bringing back everyone’s favourite free pirated mp3 player as a subscription service… why?
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.
as a streaming service… That really sucks the llama’s ass.
Winamp will be reborn
No. No, it won’t.
Let the dead stay dead.
For real, Winamp had a great run. Stop ruining it.
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?
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!
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
“To take on streaming”
In a partnership with Deezer, Winamp will be reborn as a completely new player with its own premium subscription service, with Deezer providing the white-label streaming technology and licensed catalog.
So, basically a nostalgic skin for Deezer.
And Deezer is owned by a Russian Oligarch who was personally sanctioned by Ukraine for profiting off of the war.
This is not the Winamp you’re looking for.
owned by a Russian Oligarch
TIL
Yeah, pissed me off when another lemming informed me cos I had left Spotify for deezer because Spotify basically joined the evil big tech club.
Only one that doesn’t seemed to have evil ownership is qobuz… Which I have now, but I hate it.
I don’t hit the high seas myself, but sometimes it sounds like the only sane choice. ☠️
Damn I didn’t know that. I picked Deezer because they were the only music streaming service I could find not based in the USA and their Purple Heart logo is cool. Tho might as well go back to Apple Music which I know isn’t good morally either but at least it pairs perfectly with my iPhone
If you don’t have any morally “good options” then the only correct choice is one of personal conscience.
Anyone who says otherwise with out being a hypocrite is either Amish or living off grid in the Alaskan forest.
Anyone else still use Foobar2000?
Another subscription thing. Sad.
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.
Okay, so yes, but do you have an example for linux? For I have checked out loads and not a single one can both do “next song” (only fast forward, facepalm), and random play the playlist/folder (with one doing it by scrambling the playlist itself smh).
I have a fruit named one thats does it but is a pita for everything else.
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.
Yeah, I loved winamp back in the day, but it’s been a quarter of a century and now it’s primary purpose (the ability to play mp3’s) is no longer it’s primary purpose. If I’m looking for another music player, it’s primary purpose needs to be playing music files, not trying to convince me to sign up for another shitty service.
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
