[thedoctor_o]

What revenue stream? There's nothing from pro licenses now as that was stopped prior to the sale from AOL & thankfully it doesn't seem like they've been forcing in-client adverts (though they'd talked about doing it). I'd love a revenue stream that's just some of what Winamp was making prior to it's sale rather than having to scape by.

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

[richardfey]

I didn't know licenses had stopped.

They still offer the latest version for download, no hints of discontinuing it, so it will likely "morph" into something else.

[thedoctor_o]

5.666 was the last full release of 'classic' Winamp. What is currently offered is an incomplete 5.8 beta that's "not an on-going project" (which is what was stated on their website for that download for over 3 years) so take of that as you will.

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