Winamp’s woes: How the greatest MP3 player undid itself (2012)

Re:Winamp’s woes: How the greatest MP3 player undid itself (... by nolok on Saturday June 20, 2020 @09:50AM (#23583927)

> Almost like the project was sold to some incompetent people

Well AOL bought it ... Milking something as long as possible instead of innovating is kind of their thing.

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Re:Winamp’s woes: How the greatest MP3 player undid itself (... by addicted on Saturday June 20, 2020 @10:18AM (#23584076)

Winamp went downhill with Winamp 3 which was well before AOL bought it. Winamp 3 was a heavy mess. It sounds crazy today, but my slow Windows computer at the time could barely run Winamp 3 which led me to downloading iTunes!

iTunes on Windows used to be really great if you just wanted music. It used to be that iTunes was considered a Trojan horse to show Windows users how good Mac software was.

Amazing how times change.

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Re:Winamp’s woes: How the greatest MP3 player undid itself (... by distances on Saturday June 20, 2020 @11:18AM (#23584405)

Yep, I remember being very excited about WinAmp 3 and then just getting this massive letdown feeling immediately after trying it. Everyone I know went back to 2.

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