The Spotify Winamp Tribute App Still Works (7 Years Later)

I enjoy finding old forgotten stuff on the Internet and trying to make it work.
Forgotten projects, old software. It's so much fun to actually get something to work.

The other week, I discovered the nostalgia of Winamp. Ah! The beautiful days of playing MP3's.

I thought to myself - wouldn’t it be fun if there was a way to stream Spotify in Winamp? Remix the past and present?

Well, it turns out that Spotify actually made a tribute to Winamp - and it was called “Spotiamp.” Yes. A engineer at Spotify actually made an officially supported tribute back in 2013!

So - I thought to myself - does this still exist? People on Reddit said that it still worked back in 2019, so surely I could find a link somewhere. The official Spotiamp website now has viruses on it - so don’t go there.

Turns out - it’s still hosted on the good ole Web Archive. Spotiamp 0.2 (Spotiamp 0.2.1 isn’t safe)

So - I took the risky plunge to download and install it. It worked! The next step was to enter my login info. 😱 I took a deep breath - and I did. Redditors are usually reputable when it comes to niche stuff like this.

I got a login notification on my Spotify account - which was a good sign.

And Wow! It actually worked. I can listen to music Winamp style with my Spotify playlists.

It’s even got that old Spotify green. It works too! I’ve been listening to my playlists in this old school wonder.

Now - I am in no way recommending doing this. I’m using a 7 year old - no longer supported Spotify player that I used my Login info for. In other words, if my account becomes compromised - it will be my own dang fault. I took the risk. If I lose 7 years of music - that’s 100% my fault!!

What about you? What old software have you resurrected? What old forgotten internet crumbs have you found! I'd love to hear your story.

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