The "every new thing is just rebranded old thing" take drastically undervalues usability. The individuals who do the work of polishing good ideas into usable products are invisible, even to other tech people who should know better.
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(for everyone, not just tech bros)
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I am genuinely astonished that anyone who has used Spotify can say that. Winamp's interface is complex but coherent and consistent. Spotify's interface is dissonant and changes unpredictably. Winamp was definitely mystery meat though. Let's talk Sonique ;)
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Winamp only worked on Windows, to start. And "syncing music" (either via streaming, uploading etc) which is critical for a huge % of today's usage, was basically out of reach for all but the most advanced users back then.
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Never mind that you could only listen to winamp when tethered to a computer and most people couldn't even get mp3s back then. That's to start. Think none of this is relevant to implementation and business complexity? Of course it is.
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I think in this context, accessibility includes things like integration with screen readers.
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There is no single music app today that is more usable than Winamp was!!! Well I’m talking about Winamp 2.91c and not the Winamp-3 and Winamp-5 crap that came afterwards. Of course any music app is better than Winamp-3/5
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