Winamp5

[Kid Afrika]

I liked the interface and never had a problem with Winamp to this point. However, I ask you all to join me in a boycotting Winamp5 because solely because of the invasive AOL for Broadband advertising that is built in.

Don't get me wrong, I have no problem with them putting a shortcut on the desktop, or in my favorites. But, they not only did both of those, but also put a link in my Links folder in my favorites and a link in my start menu.

I understand that they need some advertising to keep the program free, but now they're charging for a premiere type service. WTF?!?!?

Winamp has remained to this point the only freeware without any ads or other crap, and that's one thing that made it great.

I'm sticking with Winamp2 for some streams that don't support WMP, but only for that. I agree that WMP's DRM sucks monkey nuts, but at least you can disable it or deny it when it comes up. Installing that many shortcuts to a horrible service is simply deplorable.

Thanks to AOL, Winamp has now become LOSERAmp, IMHO.

FIGHT THE POWER!!!