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>I grew up using Winamp, but I wonder how it will fare in the age of Spotify and streaming services

Fares wonderfully to play my MP3 collection (...which includes hours of music I made myself and isn't available elsewhere).

EDIT: to clarify, that's to say that in the age of Spotify and streaming services there's still a place for something that's just an MP3/audio player.

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I gave this an upvote. Spotify is great and how I listen to a lot of my music, but often songs & albums are removed from the Spotify catalog. There's still a place for music that you own and can't find anywhere else.

(And with Winamp's FLAC support, there's maybe room as a player of high-end 24/96 recordings sold by stores like 7digital as well.)

With Apple Music you can add your own tracks to iTunes and is available on all your devices. I wouldn't be surprised if Google Music works the same.

iTunes used to be extremely crappy and noxious on Windows, I wonder if it's changed.

I'm STILL using mainly Winamp. I've tried some alternatives but for my old MP3 collection it's unbeatable.

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