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The benefit of keeping it closed: squeeze some money from people googling winamp. Why would you give up that revenue stream? It might also have some residual a

The benefit of keeping it closed: squeeze some money from people googling winamp. Why would you give up that revenue stream? It might also have some residual allure to attract investment capital.

bennyp101 5y ago
It must be there somewhere, a friend recently told me it’s in AUR - and I replied with “I don’t have mp3s anymore” he sent a screenshot of just under a TB of music. I guess some people just moved to streaming (me) and others stuck true to their roots
- brimble 5y ago
  All of the music I listen to is local files or YouTube videos (great for sampling new stuff). The only time I've ever used any of the online streaming services was in an office that had one set up on speakers—and by "used" I mean "listened to what others played", I took one look at the UI and wanted nothing to do with it.
- selfhoster11 5y ago
  Spotify pretty doesn't have any of kind of music that I want, which is pretty surreal given their marketing. I subsist on YouTube playlists and a Bandcamp account.
- AdmiralAsshat 5y ago
  I've also got about a terabyte of music. Streaming is useful for me for discovery, not consumption. If I read an online or magazine article that means an artist I want to check out, the fastest way is usually searching for them on Spotify or YouTube Music. But if I like what I hear and think I'll listen to it again in the future, my next step is to see if the artist is available on Bandcamp with high-quality MP3s/FLACs, or Amazon with AutoRips available. Failing that, I'll purchase the physical album and do the rips myself.
thedoctor_o 5y ago
What revenue stream? There's nothing from pro licenses now as that was stopped prior to the sale from AOL & thankfully it doesn't seem like they've been forcing in-client adverts (though they'd talked about doing it). I'd love a revenue stream that's just some of what Winamp was making prior to it's sale rather than having to scape by. So other than what's coming any adverts on their forum (dunno if there are any), it's being propped up by other aspects of the audiovalley group (e.g. the targetspot/shoutcast advert/charges to pay for the streaming service). That's probably why they're going to do some sort of subscription / nft / 'donate to artists but take a cut' type of affair with whatever they may end up slapping the Winamp brand on. 'classic' Winamp is officially dead from what's stated on their awful web3.0 website & that might be fine for whoever but it misses the point of why however many have kept using it in a streaming-centric world - they don't want streaming services & Winamp being turned into a Spotify wannabe as seems to be the case is sad to see). -dro
- richardfey 5y ago
  I didn't know licenses had stopped. They still offer the latest version for download, no hints of discontinuing it, so it will likely "morph" into something else.
  - thedoctor_o 5y ago
    5.666 was the last full release of 'classic' Winamp. What is currently offered is an incomplete 5.8 beta that's "not an on-going project" (which is what was stated on their website for that download for over 3 years) so take of that as you will. From the job listings that have been seen for their new team (which also confirmed they'd done nothing for many years despite the marketing lies) imply something that is completely different with the Winamp brand slapped on it. -dro

The benefit of keeping it closed: squeeze some money from people googling winamp. Why would you give up that revenue stream? It might also have some residual allure to attract investment capital.

bennyp101 5y ago

It must be there somewhere, a friend recently told me it’s in AUR - and I replied with “I don’t have mp3s anymore” he sent a screenshot of just under a TB of music. I guess some people just moved to streaming (me) and others stuck true to their roots

brimble 5y ago
All of the music I listen to is local files or YouTube videos (great for sampling new stuff). The only time I've ever used any of the online streaming services was in an office that had one set up on speakers—and by "used" I mean "listened to what others played", I took one look at the UI and wanted nothing to do with it.
selfhoster11 5y ago
Spotify pretty doesn't have any of kind of music that I want, which is pretty surreal given their marketing. I subsist on YouTube playlists and a Bandcamp account.
AdmiralAsshat 5y ago
I've also got about a terabyte of music. Streaming is useful for me for discovery, not consumption. If I read an online or magazine article that means an artist I want to check out, the fastest way is usually searching for them on Spotify or YouTube Music. But if I like what I hear and think I'll listen to it again in the future, my next step is to see if the artist is available on Bandcamp with high-quality MP3s/FLACs, or Amazon with AutoRips available. Failing that, I'll purchase the physical album and do the rips myself.

thedoctor_o 5y ago

What revenue stream? There's nothing from pro licenses now as that was stopped prior to the sale from AOL & thankfully it doesn't seem like they've been forcing in-client adverts (though they'd talked about doing it). I'd love a revenue stream that's just some of what Winamp was making prior to it's sale rather than having to scape by. So other than what's coming any adverts on their forum (dunno if there are any), it's being propped up by other aspects of the audiovalley group (e.g. the targetspot/shoutcast advert/charges to pay for the streaming service). That's probably why they're going to do some sort of subscription / nft / 'donate to artists but take a cut' type of affair with whatever they may end up slapping the Winamp brand on. 'classic' Winamp is officially dead from what's stated on their awful web3.0 website & that might be fine for whoever but it misses the point of why however many have kept using it in a streaming-centric world - they don't want streaming services & Winamp being turned into a Spotify wannabe as seems to be the case is sad to see). -dro

richardfey 5y ago
I didn't know licenses had stopped. They still offer the latest version for download, no hints of discontinuing it, so it will likely "morph" into something else.
- thedoctor_o 5y ago
  5.666 was the last full release of 'classic' Winamp. What is currently offered is an incomplete 5.8 beta that's "not an on-going project" (which is what was stated on their website for that download for over 3 years) so take of that as you will. From the job listings that have been seen for their new team (which also confirmed they'd done nothing for many years despite the marketing lies) imply something that is completely different with the Winamp brand slapped on it. -dro