Winamp's woes: how the greatest MP3 player undid itself

15 years on, Winamp still lives—but mismanagement blunted its llama-whipping.

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Shoutcast was the shit. If AOL hadn't interfered, I'd have never had a that tryst with Pandora. I'd never have downloaded Songbird. Even VLC would have only been used for weird file types. But it started to suck. It was bulky and icky to use. I tried very hard to stay with WA, i really did. But she forced my hand. I even tried iTunes. AOL should clean house based on this fact alone.