Winamp shutting down on December 20th, 2013

Re:Winamp shutting down on December 20th, 2013 by ams6110 on Wednesday November 20, 2013 @10:45PM (#6772946)

This is why. The never ending stream of security issues. The installer hijacking my browser search bar. The never ending nags about new versions, which hijack my browser all over again. It's just not worth it. I have removed Java from all my computers and will never install it again.

I fully realize many web sites and services are implemented in Java, that's not what I was talking about. I will not install or run anything that needs Java. Period.

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Re:Winamp shutting down on December 20th, 2013 by laumars on Thursday November 21, 2013 @06:36AM (#6774143)

You can run Java applications and secure them from the web. Just disable Java applets from your browser (most have an option in the browser itself; those that don't will have extensions to do the same - like you would to block Flash plugins)

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Re:Winamp shutting down on December 20th, 2013 by mnw21cam on Thursday November 21, 2013 @12:36PM (#6776043)

Just don't install a java plugin for the browser. Simple.

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Re:Winamp shutting down on December 20th, 2013 by dkersten on Thursday November 21, 2013 @12:44PM (#6776094)

I've never ever had this problem, but I also run OpenJDK, so...

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