Posted on 12/10/2004 5:57:47 PM PST by Cableguy
I've deleted realplayer from my 'puter.
Didn't they use to be a hi-tech company or something?
Hair Amerika is the worst excuse for talk radio I have ever heard.
I've always detested RealPlayer and refused to install it because of its built-in spyware.
Now I have a reason to detest it even more.
Should have known. RealPlayer is one of the most obnoxious programs ever. Registration screens, massively bloated, and comes pretty close to adware, IHMO. I'd almost prefer Windows Media Player to it.
Frankenmouth is so NOT funny.
real has always sucked lol. If they arent complaining about Apple or Microsoft they are sucking it up with their outdated media player that blows. The only thing I use it for is to watch German TV live on my computer heh. I wish I didnt have to use it for that.
I had Real for a small while. I hated it. Windows is so much better.
A terrible deal for a terrible company with a terrible product.
RealNetwork and Herr Amerika sound made for each other.
I remember uninstalling a few times too. Then after a while, I'd need it to view some video clip that didn't support WMP, so I'd go and install it again. Needless to say, I was quickly reminded why I hated it so much...
I generally avoid Microsoft programs whenever possible, so it definitely says something when RealPlayer is actually worse than the Windows counterpart in my mind.
And this is going somewhat off topic, but speaking of annoying software companies, Adobe is near the top of my list. How they managed to load so much bloat into Adobe Reader 6 that it now loads 10x slower than the previous version is beyond me.
I hate Adobe. Absolute pain.
Why? What does it have to do with this article?
On another note, let AirAmerica play...What's the harm? We demand it it for ourselves...let them do the same.
Interseting times we live in, no?
FMCDH(BITS)
Must be Frieday nite.
FMCDH(BITS)
> Why? What does it have to do with this article?
Uhhhhhhhh Glaser makes millions from realplayer which ends up funding the left. Why shouldn't I vote with my wallet?
"The only thing I use it for is to watch German TV live on my computer heh. I wish I didnt have to use it for that."
You don't. :)
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternative.htm
Good for you! We've known this about Real for a while now.
Windows Media Player rocks! In fact, I love all Microsoft products! The .Net Framework is simple awesome...
Try Adobe Reader Speedup to get things going. Seems to have done the trick for me.
http://www.tnk-bootblock.co.uk/getfile.php?id=arsu
Senator Maria Cantwell in WA State was a Real Networks executive. She used millions of her own $$$ from Real for her campaign to unseat Senator Slade Gorton. She denied until after the election that she was using so much of her own money. It was probably not legal. She barely succeeded in winning the seat. There are those of us who think she got it through shall we say "creative" means, but Slade Gorton pulled a Nixon and conceded rather than drag the state through what Democrat Christine Gregoire is now doing for the Governorship.
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