Apple goes too far in iTunes 8

Re:Apple goes too far in iTunes 8 by josefresco on Thursday September 11, 2008 @03:44PM (#301678)

I would argue that Apple went too far with iTunes when they started bundling ... anything.

Reminds me of another media company that took over your system up upgrades .. any remember RealNetworks?

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Re:Apple goes too far in iTunes 8 by froo on Thursday September 11, 2008 @04:26PM (#301732)

.. any remember RealNetworks?

I still suffer nightmares from it.

Just the other day I really wanted to watch an online presentation, yet it insisted I installed realplayer. I was considering it, as I really wanted to watch this particular presentation, but unfortunately I just could not bring myself to going through that again.

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Re:Apple goes too far in iTunes 8 by benzim on Thursday September 11, 2008 @06:47PM (#301849)

I also would never install realplayer. Real alternative + vlc has worked for everything I've tried.

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Re:Apple goes too far in iTunes 8 by delano on Friday September 12, 2008 @01:23PM (#302596)

The BBC has a special version of RealPlayer that doesn't have the adware or nag screens: http://www.bbc.co.uk/webwise/categories/plug/real/newreal.sh...

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Re:Apple goes too far in iTunes 8 by siculars on Thursday September 11, 2008 @06:26PM (#301841)

seconded

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