Apple fights RealNetworks' 'hacker tactics'
Now this IS poetic justice. A corporate giant like Apple refusing to acknowledge RealNetwork.
I've never been a fan of Real since their "bloatware" started getting out of hand. The "free" media player they offer is so full of crap, it takes an extra half hour AFTER installation just to shut off all the "send usuage info to a Real server" and "play intro movie on launch" and "show relevant channels" and "prompt for what you had for breakfast today so we can target you with yet more advertising" options.
Sure, they have a good compression scheme for multimedia...but to me, it's simply not worth it...I haven't used Real in over 3 years and I don't think I'm missing anything.
Their advertising is scum. Their software is scum. And in conversations with peers, dealing with them on a corporate level is the same - they are scum.
Now this IS poetic justice. A corporate giant like Apple refusing to acknowledge RealNetwork.
I've never been a fan of Real since their "bloatware" started getting out of hand. The "free" media player they offer is so full of crap, it takes an extra half hour AFTER installation just to shut off all the "send usuage info to a Real server" and "play intro movie on launch" and "show relevant channels" and "prompt for what you had for breakfast today so we can target you with yet more advertising" options.
Sure, they have a good compression scheme for multimedia...but to me, it's simply not worth it...I haven't used Real in over 3 years and I don't think I'm missing anything.
Their advertising is scum. Their software is scum. And in conversations with peers, dealing with them on a corporate level is the same - they are scum.
posted by Jeremy at 3:17 p.m.
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