If you take the time to read the oversized README file RealOne pops up during installation, it tells you it is going to do all this, as well as how to disable it. It's still a major PITA, but you /can/ shut it off.
-- Chris Hubick mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.hubick.com/ "JTK" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Oh God, do NOT install that thing. It wants to steal every godforsaken > file association the Real programmers have ever heard of for itself. > Not unprecedented you ask? Get this: it runs a process in the > background (REALLY in the background, no tray icon or anything, must be > a service on Why2K/XP) so that when you change it to the way you want it > - THIS THING WILL STEAL THEM BACK. AND IT GIVES YOU NO CHOICE, it just > tells you, "I'm stealing 'em back, tough break sucker", no cancel > option, nothing. I shit you not. > > Does anybody know of some way to get away from the outrage that is the > RealPrivacyInvaderAndAssociationStealer Company? Every damn video you > see is .rm, and the ones that aren't are "Windows Media" and are about > half the quality. Are there *ANY* free or even pay RealMedia players > around that don't invade your privacy, steal your associations, etc etc > etc? > > Shawn Neumann wrote: > > > > I read somewhere recently that Real was deciding between Opera and > > Mozilla for it's embedded browser on it's upcoming RealOne platform. > > Anyone heard anything on this? I would be very interested to know how > > this one is going to pan out... > > > > Cheers, > > Shawn
