Amen. I quit using Realplayer probably 10 years ago cause it was the same as in the article. Slezy, underhanded and downright sneaky operations. I'm not a bit surpised it's still doing as it does. Plus also the RM videos was so compressed, as to be nearly unviewable, and back then, hardly anyone supported them, so viewing them was a royal pain.
I hate to say it but Apple's quick time and Itunes is starting to do the same thing. Why do I need to DL a monsterious 50+ download just to put files on my Ipod, when WinAmp does exactly the same thing, and doesn't need a super computer to run? I'm running Winamp on a 900 mhz 386 meg laptop now, while on a 1g XP 2ghz machine, it's sluggish.
I'll just stick with QuickTime alternative, and Real alternative myself, and use a more universal video player like VCL, and WinAmp.
- Kc
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