1) Songbird's Linux support has always sucked. They tried to used the monolithic model instead of using libraries already present on your computer. Even though it's open source compiling it has always been a crap shoot.
2) Songbird is barely more than an iTunes to most people, and the ones who don't like iTunes usually prefer Mediamonkey or foobar2000 over Songbird. So why the heck would they focus on Windows and Mac?
3) Who the hell told them to focus on video? The audio still needs work and I keep hearing complaints about broken iPod functionality. I use VLC on Windows and SMPlayer on Linux, so why even bother with video? Trying to be an all-in-one player now puts Songbird in the same category as WinAmp - and I don't think that's a comparison the devs should go after.
2) Songbird is barely more than an iTunes to most people, and the ones who don't like iTunes usually prefer Mediamonkey or foobar2000 over Songbird. So why the heck would they focus on Windows and Mac?
3) Who the hell told them to focus on video? The audio still needs work and I keep hearing complaints about broken iPod functionality. I use VLC on Windows and SMPlayer on Linux, so why even bother with video? Trying to be an all-in-one player now puts Songbird in the same category as WinAmp - and I don't think that's a comparison the devs should go after.
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