winamp shutting down

[Winapp2.ini]

http://www.winamp.com/media-player/en

 

the end of an era?

 

Winamp.com and associated web services will no longer be available past December 20, 2013. Additionally, Winamp Media players will no longer be available for download. Please download the latest version before that date. See release notes for latest improvements to this last release.

Thanks for supporting the Winamp community for over 15 years.

[nikki605]

Wow. Seems like winamp has been around forever. Shame.

[TheWebAtom]

15 years is a good run for any software project.

[hazelnut]

All good things end. Seems a shame though.

[mta]

is it fair to say iTunes killed it - or at least was the start of the end.

for me it's only iTunes or VLC now to get my digital life organised.

[TheWebAtom]

I still use Microsoft Zune as my main media player.

[Winapp2.ini]

As do I

[hazelnut]

is it fair to say iTunes killed it - or at least was the start of the end.

 

Probably it was being bought out by AOL a few years ago that started the decline. If they had put money and tech into it things could have been way different.

[eL_PuSHeR]

What a shame. Winamp is my main audio player.

[Andavari]

I gave up on it when AOL bought it, so I haven't used it for years. At least for the years I used it it was a much better alternative than WMP.

 

is it fair to say iTunes killed it - or at least was the start of the end.

 

Back when Foobar2000 was released I think allot of Winamp users migrated to it as well.

[Winapp2.ini]

Probably it was being bought out by AOL a few years ago that started the decline. If they had put money and tech into it things could have been way different.

 

I think that was 1999

[nodles]

Winamp da toolbarplayer, it was my main audioplayer a long time ago, I have been using foobar2000 for many years now.