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Re:Winamp shutting down on December 20th, 2013 by davexunit on Wednesday November 20, 2013 @02:02PM (#6770243)
No reason to use a proprietary music player.
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Re:Winamp shutting down on December 20th, 2013 by csmuk on Wednesday November 20, 2013 @05:29PM (#6771680)
Every music player is proprietary somewhere be it codec, physical IC, transistor technology, speakers, headphones.

Software is a teeny little bit of the whole thing.

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Re:Winamp shutting down on December 20th, 2013 by deathanatos on Wednesday November 20, 2013 @09:28PM (#6772695)
And because some piece of the stack is proprietary means I shouldn't try use non-proprietary software where I can and it makes sense?

Software, while a "teeny little bit", is often the bit I find lacking and needing change.

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Re:Winamp shutting down on December 20th, 2013 by recursive on Wednesday November 20, 2013 @03:57PM (#6771127)
One would be to play music.
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