{"slug": "webamp", "name": "Webamp", "category": "media", "category_name": "Media and creative", "description": "", "recommenders": 3, "commenters": 5, "warners": 0, "score": 3.038, "rising": -0.98, "first": "2025-11-14", "latest": "2026-04-18", "why": "I'm not saying iTunes (Music.app bleh!) would be better reimagined as Winamp 2 but I'm not not saying it.", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 3, "neutral": 2, "compare": 0, "warn": 0}, "spark": [1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "I'm not saying iTunes (Music.app bleh!) would be better reimagined as Winamp 2 but I'm not not saying it.", "kind": "", "icon": true, "domain": "webamp.org", "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://webamp.org/", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["Webamp"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 765118513, "item_id": 47819907, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47819907", "by": "bombcar", "date": "2026-04-18", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I'm not saying iTunes (Music.app bleh!) would be better reimagined as Winamp 2 but I'm not not saying it.", "excerpt": "Skeuomorphism at its prime. 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