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Winamp Shutting Down On December 20

New submitter Cid Highwind writes "If you want to download the latest version of Winamp, you'd better do it soon. According to a new banner on the download page, AOL will be pulling the plug on the iconic llama-whipping music player in a month. 'Winamp.com and associated web services will no longer be available past December 20, 2013. Additionally, Winamp Media players will no longer be available for download. Please download the latest version before that date. See release notes for latest improvements to this last release. Thanks for supporting the Winamp community for over 15 years.' Ars Technica ran an article last year detailing how the music player lost its dominance."

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  1. A victim of animal cruelty legislation... by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 5, Funny

    After all these years, the Llama will finally have its vengeance...

  2. Re:Dang my luck by unixisc · · Score: 4, Funny

    Can you buy Windows 8.1 for your PC/laptop?

  3. Re: I stopped caring about winamp in early 2000's by zevans · · Score: 4, Funny

    No loss. As long as you use FLAC.

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  4. Re:FB2K FTW by jimshatt · · Score: 4, Funny

    Pft, that's NOTHING! I listen to 28 weeks of music for breakfast!

  5. Re:WinAMP still rocks by dstyle5 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I bought the Pro upgrade last week. Maybe I should pick up some Blackberry stock this week while I'm at it.

  6. Re:FB2K FTW by locopuyo · · Score: 4, Funny

    I only have .16 as much music as you, I feel so inferior with my mere 35 days worth of music I will never listen to.

  7. Re:FB2K FTW by almitydave · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...(been collecting CD's for the last 3 decades...

    But CDs haven't even been around for 3... Oh... I feel old.

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