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ReAMP, a Winamp Remake in Swift

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I must tell to every username out here who implying negative attitude only by pointing out that this is Russian made, you have been conditioned by mass media to become russophobic [1] you must understand that your attitude rooted in propaganda spread by institutions and not in objective reality.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Russian_sentiment

I remember the heated discussions in the Toptal.com Slack group where some very vocal Ukrainian members were arguing for a total exclusion of all Russians from the platform, wherever they might live. Fun times.

Russia has a history of intense state surveilance und state sponsored hacking. Pair that with immense corruption and an authoritarian law system.

Do I think that the USA does the same and is allready in our system? Yes, though a bit less likely and more 'with an option to'. But the big difference is, that we are formally on the same side and I do not have to fear my systems to be made into a Spam-Bot network that undermines individualism and western ideas of freedom.

Not mass media. Things like this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_states_under_Soviet_rul...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucha_massacre

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_crimes_in_the_Russian_inva...

well never meant anything against russians, but it's really hard not to go russophobic here, after all the things russia has done during the last 2 years

hahah is funny seeing that posted here... Re:AMP is one of the first downloads/installations in any of my macOS environments in order to completely avoid the utilisation of Apple Music wrt playback of my local music library (my friend Luci created the icon that is currently used for the app, may be worth the time to take a look at her other work: https://twitter.com/luciascarlet/highlights)

But does it still whip the llama's ass? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaF-nRS_CWM

It really whips the llama’s ass

I came here for this and I will not be shamed.

For people wondering about that phrase:

"The slogan was riffed off a Wesley Willis track called, unsurprisingly, Whip The Llama’s Ass.

The clip became so popular that Winamp eventually adopted the Llama as its mascot, leading to the birth of Mike The Llama."

https://gizmodo.com.au/2013/11/a-brief-history-of-the-winamp...

https://webamp.org

Swamp would have been a cool name, too. Thanks for the effort, I love/miss winamp

Why use this when you can just

  $ brew install audacious

e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32779590

Nostalgia.

Any confirmation of whipping a llama’s ass?

I downloaded and launched it, and no llama asses were whipped in the release of the latest build. Shame.

Damn beat me too it. Shame it doesn't whip llama ass.

At least you can import skins and double the original size, maybe for some screens, it should be triple... Ironically enough, I installed the soft on my computer last Monday and used a Gunnm skin I used still I stopped listening music on my computer, nostalgia++

Because that ain't Winamp.

Though neither is this thing, to be fair. This thing (ReAMP) is Russian too, so no thanks given the lack of long, reputable history unlike 7-Zip or WinRAR.

Why use that when you can just download re:amp?

That thing looks like it barely could even whip a llama's ass.

I prefer IINA as a simplistic music player for macOS (https://iina.io). Let me recommend its "mini player" view (activated with ⌥⌘M), showing the track list and hiding the cover.

Or XMMS2: https://ports.macports.org/port/xmms2/

the AMP in winamp is trademarked, that's the reason why FreeAmp had to change its name, though not enough of a reason to call it Zinf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinf#Naming

Apparently this is coming from Russia. Good luck enforcing that trademark.

I actually enjoy ionica player

Some Russian closed-source music player... While it's a cool concept, I am far too paranoid to actually install it.

my computer is CIA :(

https://getwacup.com/

but this is for windows and not written in swift?

Yeah. I was just happy to have something for macOS.

Nice addition by GP, anyway :-)

Thanks! I came to this thread for alternatives and you delivered.

Closed source software, freeware made by some russian dude. In 2024 i would really VET this before installing.

Because it’s closed source or because they’re Russian?

Lots of closed source Swift projects in the App Store and elsewhere.

Both.

Firstly im very cautious of any "single-dev" built side project, and when its closed source im even more aware of the dangers installing. And with russia in 2024 i cant trust any software produced over there. So, combine all three (close-source, single dev and russia) and you have a something really suspicious.

Yeah single devs usually have some sort of ulterior ad driven spyware motive.

The xz thing was just 10 days ago.

Google is everyday.

Dude acts as if when it’s open source he conducts a code audit before installing anything.

xz just proves how dumb this mindset actually is.

I'd say the opposite, xz proved how much effort it is to actually backdoor widely used open-source software as opposed to something where the Russian government (or another one) can just go knocking.

Nothing is perfect of course but the attack was insane in terms of complexity.

Im sure state level actors are building clones of old software with little network functionality to pwned people en mass.

Agree, my reasoning is the same - also for other countries like China...

What about the middle eastern countries? South America? That country that has the Patriot Act?

I'm looking forward to everyone uninstalling Nginx.

Nginx is open-source, so I don't see how this fits the description.

That Russian dude has -ko in his surname. And the project hadn't been updated since 2020. While your suspicions are fairly justified, this player doesn't look like a nation-state attack vector.

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