The benefit of keeping it closed: squeeze some money from people googling winamp.
Why would you give up that revenue stream? It might also have some residual allure to attract investment capital.
Why would you give up that revenue stream? It might also have some residual allure to attract investment capital.
So other than what's coming any adverts on their forum (dunno if there are any), it's being propped up by other aspects of the audiovalley group (e.g. the targetspot/shoutcast advert/charges to pay for the streaming service).
That's probably why they're going to do some sort of subscription / nft / 'donate to artists but take a cut' type of affair with whatever they may end up slapping the Winamp brand on.
'classic' Winamp is officially dead from what's stated on their awful web3.0 website & that might be fine for whoever but it misses the point of why however many have kept using it in a streaming-centric world - they don't want streaming services & Winamp being turned into a Spotify wannabe as seems to be the case is sad to see).
-dro
They still offer the latest version for download, no hints of discontinuing it, so it will likely "morph" into something else.
From the job listings that have been seen for their new team (which also confirmed they'd done nothing for many years despite the marketing lies) imply something that is completely different with the Winamp brand slapped on it.
-dro
I guess some people just moved to streaming (me) and others stuck true to their roots
Streaming is useful for me for discovery, not consumption. If I read an online or magazine article that means an artist I want to check out, the fastest way is usually searching for them on Spotify or YouTube Music.
But if I like what I hear and think I'll listen to it again in the future, my next step is to see if the artist is available on Bandcamp with high-quality MP3s/FLACs, or Amazon with AutoRips available. Failing that, I'll purchase the physical album and do the rips myself.