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BdgBill1Jun 1st 2007 8:51AM
The first thing I do whenever I buy a new machine is remove any realplayer software (or attempt to). I my opinion RealNetworks is one of the most dishonest companies out there and this behavior goes back to the 90's.
Their software comes bundled with spyware, toolbars and other obnoxious elements. Depending on what version you have you may and may not be able to uninstall it cleanly.
A couple of years ago my girlfriend just had to have a paid subscription so she could watch "Big Brother" online. When the show ended for the season it took a 30 minute phone call to cancel.
I was forced to listen to a long list of "features" (all of which are available at better quality for free elswhere) I would be missing out on.
RealNetworks has apologized and promised to clean up it's act several times only to fall back on old habits in a desperate attempt to maintain an installed base for a product that is completely obsolete (YouTube??).