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.
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.
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.
You’re bringing back everyone’s favourite free pirated mp3 player as a subscription service… why?
Let the dead stay dead.
For real, Winamp had a great run. Stop ruining it.
Winamp will be reborn
No. No, it won’t.
as a streaming service… That really sucks the llama’s ass.
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?
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
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!
Anyone else still use Foobar2000?
Another subscription thing. Sad.
“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.
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.
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. ☠️
Winamp isn’t even good. There are much better media players. Use Strawberry.
Haven’t heard of this one yet, they’ve got downloads for Linux, will have to try it out. Thanks!
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.
Last time I heard about a Winamp reboot it was a Bandcamp ripoff with added cryptoslop. While this seems marginally better it’s still pretty disappointing.
Deezer seems alright as a streaming service, though, and they’re French so there’s that.
