20 reasons why you’re going to miss Winamp

Winamp, one of the world’s first MP3 apps, will no longer be available for download as from 20 December 2013. There was no great fanfare, no popping of champagne corks and no press releases. Winamp just popped a banner on top its download section stating that the end is near. Despite Winamp falling out of favour because of streaming music apps such as Spotify, iTunes and Rdio, it’ll always remain a firm favourite. Back in the late nineties and early 2000s, Winamp was one of the leanest, quickest and most hassle-free music players around. It also paved the way for a lot of software features we take for granted, such as streaming radio, theming (custom skins) and MP3 playback.

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