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7/30/2006


Davis Freeberg TKO's Real Networks

Davis Freeberg, who shares my dislike of anything connected to Real Networks, lands some well deserved blows in this very interesting post.

He correctly points out the absurdity of Real's obsession with Microsoft's not even released yet Zune player and then sums up his version of what I have called the Real Player Syndrome in this flurry to the jaw:

"I can't tell you how many times I've had to uninstall their software from my computer. Everytime I swear off their Real player, some clip comes along which I need their proprietary software to use. It's neat that Real wants to put an end to DRM that locks consumers into proprietary systems, but I'd like to see them address their own service before they complain about big bad Microsoft."

Amen brother.

That's why I will forego watching something rather than install what is, in my opinion, computer-hijacking bloatware.

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