bmac's Journal: RealPlayerOne

Never have I been so disgusted with a piece of software. I paid the $30 thinking I would get a better version of RealPlayer. I could not have been more wrong. What I got was a jumble of difficult-to-use crap, but that's not the problem, because most software is that way. It's the fact that they pop up ridiculous ads at their discretion that pisses me off. It is unethical and, to compound stupid upon stupid, it makes me say the following:

To any one at the RealPlayer company who may care, because of RealOne's spyware and unauthorized ads, I will *NEVER* buy another piece of your software again. Furthermore, if/when I get into a position where I may be dictating digital A/V formats for use by a company, I will *NEVER*, under any circumstances, use any of your products.

May your file formats, software and company disappear off the face of the earth.