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A few years back Ars did a nice longform piece on what happened to Winamp after the AOL acquisition. I think HN would like it: "Winamp’s woes: how the greatest
by eli 11y ago
A few years back Ars did a nice longform piece on what happened to Winamp after the AOL acquisition. I think HN would like it:
"Winamp’s woes: how the greatest MP3 player undid itself"
http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/06/winamp-how-greatest-mp3-player-undid-itself/ http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/06/winamp-how-greatest-...
- TheGRS 11y agoI think one of the big takeaways from that article is that Winamp could have been Spotify, but AOL unintentionally/intentionally sand bagged it.
- mikeryan 11y agoMy first thought on this purchase is it's to jumpstart a studio owned Spotify replacement.
- prostoalex 11y agoSpotify is ~20% label-owned, as is probably any startup in music space that's cash-light.