The Day The Music Died #AOL to discontinue Winamp as of Dec 20th After 16 years of Whipping the Llama�s Ass , it looks like the company that should never have survived the dotcom bubble is discontinuing the media player that is a hallmark and legend. Of course, we�re talking about AOL deciding to shut down Nullsoft altogether, meaning Winamp and all related products and services go dark as of December 20th 2013. Users are (of course) looking for alternatives to Winamp while many are simply saying they�re going to continue using Winamp until it spontaneously explodes from being abandonware. I have a mixed feeling about this situation... I�ve been using Winamp for the entire 16 years that it has existed (I remember the initial release in 1997), and it�s been my favorite media player since then. To see it being discontinued by AOL is like the ultimate �Are you fucking serious?� moment followed by the invention of a string of obscenities ...