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Winamp deletes entire GitHub source code repo after a rocky few weeks
(arstechnica.com)
kicked by the llamas ass
How does this affect the average music enjoyer who plays mp3s on winamp like it was 1999?
I used VLC before and ill continue using VLC
Same even my school used vlc wayy before I knew floss software
i use musicbee for audio. vlc for video. musicbee is the most like mediamonkey used to be and free. got into vlc because of its better support of the unusual video formats
And rightly so! Save the Llamas!
vlc my beloved
WACUP
Replacing native Winamp code with modern code with frequent updates by one of the most prolific classic Winamp developers.
It's fantastic.
What a shame that it isn't open source.
I'll happily continue to use Audacious with a Winamp skin.
But does it whip the llamas ass?
wacup! it really whips the ladspa's ass!
Naturally
And you can set the visuals to unlimited fps, which is fun on a good screen
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I'm surprised they kept it up for so long honestly. It was very clear they had no fucking clue what they were doing. What with the nonsensical license that violated Github's tos, the Dolby Code they leaked, and the fact they kept every commit public for everyone to see.
And it's not like deleting will fix it now, it's been copied millions of times now.
Can someone explain me what's the business model of an app that's free for three decades? They claim to have 100 devs, how can they pay them?
Well, that really sucks the llama's ass.
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Unsurprising given that their repo's license was a contradictory mess
Anyways I'd recommend using Strawberry instead
It's an actual Free and Open Source music player:
...That site's UI looks like someone saw the marketing literature for the Frigidaire produce preserver and said, "Yeah, that'll do."
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Lovely that it is open source, but dear lord that UI is a blast from the past ๐๐ ๐ด๐ต๐๏ธ
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I'm using foobar2000. Should I be using something else?
Foobar is still the best there is, although the classic style interface might not appeal to younger people.
I'm an old soul so I use music bee with the Tron skin, it's very 2000s
Still miss foobar which isn't on Linux, though deadbeef is fairly similar at least. Never got the hang of all the beautiful themes/skins users put together for foobar but it was still my go to music player. Excellent layout customisation, tagging and conversion UI, as well as as nice range of plugins
I really like deadbeef, coming from fb2k as well. Someone recommended it to me two weeks ago, and I've immediately recognized the similarities.
Foobar's Dev should have just taken their project open source imo. Although I suspect winamp's lawyers would have jumped on that.
I just use Audacious with a winamp skin. Looks identical but actually FOSS.
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