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Did anybody else notice real player ads start popping up?

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I've noticed this on a few machines, suddenly the real player updater started showing an ad in the bottom right corner as a toast.

Simple solution, was to disable the notifications in the app, but you know the solution I much prefer, I uninstalled it.  I didn't give you the ability to obtain updates so you could advertise to me, sorry real player, you're gone.

Posted by Carl Tyler On 12/24/2009 | | del.icio.us  Technorati  Digg This 

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Gravatar Image1 - Dumped RealPlayer years ago when they started taking over every setting on your machine, adding toolbars, and parking itself in your system tray. Same reason I don't use iTunes. There are a million free (and respectful) alternatives.

Posted by Arthur Fontaine At 10:10:32 AM On 12/24/2009 | - Website - |


Gravatar Image2 - RealPlayer is still around?

(always wanted to say that about a piece of software...not sure why)

Posted by Kevin Pettitt At 12:07:43 PM On 12/24/2009 | - Website - |


Gravatar Image3 - Everything's still around. Heck, I know someone who still uses Lotus 1-2-3.

Posted by Andre Guirard At 08:24:29 AM On 12/25/2009 | - Website - |


Gravatar Image4 - @3 Heck I know a large multi billion dollar company that still sells 1-2-3 Emoticon

Posted by Carl Tyler At 12:11:47 AM On 12/26/2009 | - Website - |


Gravatar Image5 - Ahh, Real Player. I still use it because Australia's national broadcaster (the ABC) only offers internet radio via proprietary Windows Media or (proprietary) RealAudio. Given a choice between two proprietary formats, I go for the underdog. Which meant that, as Carl mentioned, on my (last remaining) Windows PC, it recently started launching unrequested advertising popups. Thanks for the tip that it can be turned off... until I read your post I feared that I had accidentally been upgraded to the "complete" RealPlayer, which comes with a lot of extra baggage.

Posted by Anthony Holmes At 05:32:09 AM On 12/29/2009 | - Website - |


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