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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[Yhbv24]

I used to love Winamp. Winamp and Winzip were always two programs I downloaded immediately upon a fresh Windows install (with dial-up!).

I switched to a Mac when OS X came out, and wanted Winamp so bad! Although unlike many people here, I find iTunes perfectly fine. I have never had problems with it, although I use MOG for my music now.

Interesting article though, enjoyed it.

 

[Yhbv24]

I used to love Winamp, but I don't understand the iTunes hate. It runs smoothly and quickly on my computer, and I've never had problems. I am using it on a Mac, and I'm sure it runs better on a Mac than on Windows, but I'm honestly curious what people don't like about it.

 

[Yhbv24]

Sorry, didn't mean to start a debate! But honestly, I don't see the problem with iTunes at all. Yeah, it's bloated to an extent, and they should change the name (and icon), but it runs well on my late 2008 unibody MacBook.

It's one thing to just dislike Apple products, but it just seems people hate it because it's iTunes.