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• Unlike traditional digital streaming platforms, the new Winamp Player will not be limited to music streaming. It will seamlessly combine premium streaming with users’ local music libraries, internet radio stations, podcasts, personal cloud-based collections and other audio sources, while introducing a highly customizable interface, new social capabilities and innovative ways to discover, organize and enjoy music.

  Source engadget.com/…/winamp-coming-back-2027-deezer-par…

  It sounds like the local playback is the “optional” feature. That’s still gonna be a no, at least for me. Fpr Hifi, I’ll stick with FooBar2k, or something that is a proper hi-res FLAC player first and has bolt-ons/plugins second. The same article also links to another, they actually already released a new build of classic winamp a few years ago.

  engadget.com/winamp-mp3-player-software-returns-1…

  on Winamp will be reborn in 2027 to take on streaming in c/technology@lemmy.world · 4d ago

• It’s coming back with a monthly subscription.

  It’s dead already, then. WinAmp’s heritage was providing a free audio player. I was looking forward to a refreshed build to test out, but I won’t pay for it.

  There are a dozen better, free, maintained, and actively developed players out there. This is less than too little, and far too late. Those of us who used winamp back when it was still activly developed will continue to have nostalgia for it, but I bet it will be DOA to most of the target audience.

  I’ve only kept up on news for it because I was hoping it would be reborn true to itself. I have zero interest in it as a subscription model.

  on Winamp will be reborn in 2027 to take on streaming in c/technology@lemmy.world · 4d ago

• Oh yeah, Gretel’s brother

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• I’m a 26 year veteran systems / infrastructure engineer and often work on large scale data / server migration projects. My homelab is larger and more robust than 95% of the client sites I service; everything is enterprise class hardware and software. I self host my own RMM, VPN, and various data and entertainment services. Most of the things I run here are to make my life better or easier for myself and my family.

  My formal education is in business administration; I did not go to school specifically for an IT Degree. It’s just something I love. I went to school to understand the business side of the thing I love, which has been very helpful. If you find a job doing what you love, work can feel like an accomplishment instead of a burden.

  Never stop learning!

  on Do you participate in this hobby without a formal IT education or a career in a similar field? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 17 Aug 2026