What's funny is that Zune's media player was actually pretty solid. Had the last model before they gave up. Used it for a while in the waning days of Winamp.
I still have my 2 Zunes. They don’t work and one day I might be brave enough to try replacing the battery. Until then, they sit on my shelf and mock me.
As stupid as it is, at least this attempt at reviving Winamp doesn't seem to have any rhetoric about how it's going to be "built for the glorius inevitable agentic AI future revolution from the ground up" and talk about how "curating music has never been easier" because their "most advanced music AI in human history" takes away the need to have any personality, taste, or ears of your own.
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Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 11h
Yeah, and 4 years ago it was
Top Gun is the #1 movie in America, Kate Bush is tearing up the charts and the US is fighting a proxy war with Russia. 80's or 20's
ummthatguy@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 11h
Just 3 years ago
Tango@piefed.ca · 3 pts · 7h
El Nino is a bit of a gimme, considering that it has long been known to be a repeating cycle.
ummthatguy@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 7h
It's more the amount of media coverage that made it noteworthy.
B1tch_Pudding@lemmy.zip · 18 pts · 12h
Winamp? The heck did I miss?
ummthatguy@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 12h
It's coming back as a streaming subscription service. Doomed to fail once the nostalgia wears off. It's like Napster all over again.
Edit: Post from yesterday.
B1tch_Pudding@lemmy.zip · 12 pts · 12h
Oh. Yeah what a failure to read the room. Some out of touch equity heads must have just bought the rights or something
Kojichan@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 6h
Eeeww... thanks.
ummthatguy@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 6h
No problem.
Techlos@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 2h
it really is the llama's ass.
sundray@lemmus.org · 9 pts · 12h
It makes me very happy that Dick Miller got to be in DS9.
ummthatguy@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 12h
He was a great bit player. Loved him in both Gremlins films. Then, once I discovered MST3K, in The Undead.
Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 11h
Don't leave out Chopping Mall, or him providing the weapons in Terminator
ummthatguy@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 11h
And Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
negativenull@piefed.world · 8 pts · 12h
A close proximity to Winamp 2.0 is:
https://audacious-media-player.org/
It's not exactly the same, but not terrible. Might take a little tweaking of UI settings.
ummthatguy@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 12h
What's funny is that Zune's media player was actually pretty solid. Had the last model before they gave up. Used it for a while in the waning days of Winamp.
negativenull@piefed.world · 4 pts · 12h
I never had a Zune, which is a bummer. I had a Creative Zen player, which was decent, but not a Zune
schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 11h
Not too late to start owning your music again! My pick for a modern player is Snowsky Echo Mini.
Kojichan@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 6h
Saw a review for that recently. Definitely looks great.
dkppunk@piefed.social · 2 pts · 12h
I still have my 2 Zunes. They don’t work and one day I might be brave enough to try replacing the battery. Until then, they sit on my shelf and mock me.
Sibbo@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 11h
Can also recommend a self-hosted navidrome and Feishin as a player
daggermoon@piefed.world · 3 pts · 7h
You could also just use an older version of Winamp. Audacious is a better choice though. I use Strawberry myself.
Taleya@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2h
I will give you winamp 5 and the crack
marcos@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 13h
They are obviously perfectly aware of both El Niño and Winamp, because both were on the news just before they were thrown out of their time.
data1701d@startrek.website · 3 pts · 2h
As stupid as it is, at least this attempt at reviving Winamp doesn't seem to have any rhetoric about how it's going to be "built for the glorius inevitable agentic AI future revolution from the ground up" and talk about how "curating music has never been easier" because their "most advanced music AI in human history" takes away the need to have any personality, taste, or ears of your own.