Who out there has used the Winamp to listen to songs obtained by unorthodox ways? The player was launched in 1997 and, in other internet times, it was quite popular, with a nice interface, customization options and several attractive features. With the expansion of YouTube and especially streaming services, however, the application has lost popularity over time.
Com 83 million of users currently, Winamp won this week a new web version with a renewed interface and will also receive apps for iOS e Android in the third quarter of the year. The highlight of the service’s “new age” is a feature called Fanzonea kind of mix between the service model as Spotify/Apple Music and funding platforms such as Patreon.
Instead of paying for a subscription, with Fanzone, users pay artists directly. More than payment, the idea is to connect creators to their fans through exclusive content, closer contact and other experiences. The novelty will even allow you to distribute NFTsNon-fungible tokensor non-fungible tokens.”>1 for listeners.
The company’s goal is to reach 250 million of users and 1 million of artists who use the Fanzone. The resource can be accessed through the Winamp for Creatorswhich was created last month and allows artists to control subscriptions, distribution and copyright management (the latter in Q2).
The app’s new model is quite different from the “classic” way it used to work, depending on the participation of artists and users — for now, quite low. It will still be possible, however, to play downloaded music for old times’ sake, as well as connecting Winamp to other music streaming services.
Did you go back 20 years in time?! ????
via Android Police
