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Refalm:
Hey guys, watch this:
http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=internetnews&StoryID=914062

preacher:
To tell you the truth, the people over at real media are as bad as the people at MS. They have spyware included in their software that sends back everything you do with it. When you install real player, it fores all media of any type to be played on it by default. Basically, everything you hate about Windows Media Player, it has too. Hopefully neither MS nor Real will win this battle.

Refalm:

quote:ThePreacher: Basically, everything you hate about Windows Media Player, it has too.
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Uhm dude, you have Real Media files on your website  :confused:

Kintaro:
Who cares what info they get... Personally i like Real Media because they support Linux!

What are they going to do with the info for registration, and you can always fill in bullshit!

With it i can view Shockwave Flash, and ect in Linux! Anyway, Windows Media Player is crap!
If you prefer it over Quicktime and Winamp or Realplayer/Winamp... well your MAD

Micosoft sends info about you behind your back you dont have to register RealPlayer. For fuck sake just because a program asks you about some details, doesnt make it spyware.
If it sends information about you, ect without informing you then it is Spyware. Otherwise i geuss my Website is spyware because it has a poll and this site is because it asks for your email address. With your assosiation of Spyware i guess everything is well... Spyware!

Calum:
realplayer sends packets home to real.com whether you fill in the details or not, about what media is being played. i would be happier if somebody would come up with open source replacements for realplayer, quicktime (which isn't even compiled for linux), windows media player and flash.
maybe these projects are under way, i don't know.

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