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Winamp shuts down after 15 years, one more gem of the 90's fades away

Though the kids of today might not even recognise the name, the popular media player Winamp will always be remembered as the go-to media player of the 90's. AOL officially announced Winamp's shut down on Wednesday, which should happen by next month. Though it's popularity waned over the course of the late 90's and early 2000's, it was at one point the essential media player for listening to local music, MP-3 audio files, or radio streams.

In 2002, Winamp's original creator, Nullsoft was acquired by AOL for a stock price of a little north of $80 million, where it has been in development until now.

Over the years to change with the times, Mac and Android versions were released, but these versions couldn't compete with the already existing Windows Media Player fan base.

As of now, no direct reason has been released for Winamp's shutdown after 15 years, but given its decline in popularity and the rise in popularity of iTunes and Windows Media Player, it isn't that hard to guess why they're closing shop.

There is still a small window left for those who want to relive old times with Winamp. The official site will close down on December 21.

Justin Frankel, the producer closely associated with Winamp took to Twitter to assure the fans that Mike, the llama, who was basically the mascot of the media player, will get through these hard times.

Winamp shuts down after 15 years, one more gem of the 90's fades away - Sci/Tech - DNA

man im gonna miss this for sure, i remember all the different skins i can download for the player for free

i guess they won't be whipping the llama's ass no more

I remember matching my ICQ skin with my Winamp skin

:fuuuuu:

what music player to use now..

People use Windows Media Player??? Da fuq...

I've been using winamp everyday for who knows how long. Long live winamp!

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Originally Posted by GGnoRE (Post 8368196)

People use Windows Media Player??? Da fuq...

:seriously:
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i've been using winamp since i started using the interwebs... and really who uses WMP or Itunes....

i just wmp , basic shit..

dont need anything special

winamp too mainstream

you can still use it, just can't download it afterwards. so download the file and keep a backup.

I use iTunes. Plays the music I want, not sure what else I need.

Winamp is still the best 'basic' media player out there. For library, WMP is the best. I have tried all the ones people suggest that are supposed to combine the two, but they all suck

Nothing is worse than itunes though, at least on windows

Different strokes for different folks, I suppose.

Out of the box, Winamp played and supported a lot of file formats iTunes and WMP did not without having to download patches/hacks/extensions for etc. And fuck iTunes to hell and back a thousand times.

I still use winamp on my PC and phone. RIP
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I only use VLC for video. Winamp is too classic for me to let go.
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Here's hoping they make it open source and it gets improved even further (and the crapware that got built into it gets taken out)

I wish :fuckthatshit:

^^ Apparently there are some patent problems that are preventing Winamp from going open source, so I wouldn't count on it going in that direction.

I was just talking about winamp with a coworker the otherday :(
guess ill be downloading skins

foobar2000 - better SQ then winamp...

Winamp was the shit! It'll be missed :(
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Still using Winamp today. Will definitely miss it. Always use it cause of the cool skins and layouts, but my number one reason is the SQ addons. Those enhancers rock.
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I stopped using winamp ever since I got my first iPod, iTunes is far better at managing your library and smart playlist.

I don't think I've manually organised my music for the past 10 years.

But i remember winamp sounded better than iTunes when playing MP3 files.