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Winamp will be reborn in 2027 to take on streaming
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Mustachius_Grumpius thelemmy.club Mustachius_Grumpius@thelemmy.club
Joined: 2026-09-02
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Tony Bark pawb.social tonytins@pawb.social
Joined: 2023-06-04
#2 · Quote Reply

It's coming back with a monthly subscription.

All I want is a simple, nostalgic media player.

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DarkSirrush piefed.ca DarkSirrush@piefed.ca
Joined: 2025-06-07
#3 · Quote Reply

That isn't 'coming back'. Thats 'we have the rights to the name,,so let's launch a new program with the same name to get free clout and easy money'.

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rain_enjoyer sopuli.xyz rain_enjoyer@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2025-05-03
#4 · (edited) Quote Reply

that's "let's do some rentseeking while wearing skin of software that ought to be forgotten"

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L3ft_F13ld! lemmy.dbzer0.com reseller_pledge609@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2024-11-07
#5 · Quote Reply

It's coming back with a monthly subscription. All I want is a simple, nostalgic media player.

Audacious supports Winamp skins.

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Sina beehaw.org Sina@beehaw.org
Joined: 2023-07-02
#6 · Quote Reply

Can vibecode a winamp-clone in like 5 hours & the resulting app would never try to monetize me. Of course I don't have to because Foobar -or rather Fooyin on Linux- is better than Winamp ever were..

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jay2 beehaw.org jay2@beehaw.org
Joined: 2023-06-10
#7 · Quote Reply

Jokes on them. I never stopped using Winamp. 5.8 baby. With some of that ooey gooey milkdrop goodness. Sooooo good.

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🇰 🌀 🇱 đŸ‡Ļ đŸ‡ŗ đŸ‡Ļ 🇰 🇮 pawb.social Kolanaki@pawb.social
Joined: 2024-10-06
#8 · Quote Reply

Translation: Winamp will be ruined by corporate greed in 2027.

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Mustachius_Grumpius thelemmy.club Mustachius_Grumpius@thelemmy.club
Joined: 2026-09-02
#9 · Quote Reply

I'm not sure what this even means. what they gonna do ? Start own streaming platform? With all rented content ?

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magic_smoke lemmy.blahaj.zone magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-01-27
#10 · (edited) Quote Reply

Can vibecode a winamp-clone in like 5 hours & the resulting app would never try to monetize me. Of course I don't have to because Foobar -or rather Fooyin on Linux- is better than Winamp ever were..

vibecode

Dude stfu, someone who's not a useless hack already made a clone.

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termus beehaw.org termus@beehaw.org
Joined: 2023-06-08
#11 · Quote Reply

It's just this again.

These guys seem to pop their heads up once a year. Last time they were putting NFT's into Winamp. Just let it die.

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Janx piefed.social Janx@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-12-19
#12 · (edited) Quote Reply

Digging up the bones of an ancient mp3 player (again) to try to wring more money out of it simply because you own the rights isn't a "comeback". This really doesn't whip the llama's ass. â˜šī¸

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