Why do people hate realplayer?

[element]

What is wrong with realplayer that people can't stand it? I have it and it works fine, doesn't cause any probs as far as i can tell. Is it like spyware or something?

 

[DaWhim]

because it sucks PERIOD

 

[OulOat]

Bad program, bad history. Couple years ago it was caught sending unauthorized information about the user back to the company.

 

[Biggs]

It tries to take control of a majority of your PC's functions.

 

[0roo0roo]

really bad history. in the early day of the net if was one of the most annoying spyware ridden obnoxious programs around. taking over your associations, your home page etc, during install it would take over your system.

 

[Chaotic42]

It's yet another format that requires yet another player. Quicktime is bad enough, Real is evil.

 

[Mucho]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42
It's yet another format that requires yet another player. Quicktime is bad enough, Real is evil.

Right on!!!!!!!

 

[DanTMWTMP]

mediaplayerclassicownzjoo

 

[JulesMaximus]

It sucks. It loads a bunch of useless programs every time Windows starts. It bogs down your computer. It spys on you. If I see anything that requires real player I deem it unworthy of watching.

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
It sucks. It loads a bunch of useless programs every time Windows starts. It bogs down your computer. It spys on you. If I see anything that requires real player I deem it unworthy of watching.

^^^ What he said.

 

[imported_Phil]

Quicktime / Real Alternatives all the way

 

[Turkish]

it used to load lotsa spyware on your pc in the past.
also i think it was caught sending unauthorized user statistics.
also very very slow application since it loads a bunch of useless sh!t on your pc.

 

[whaleskinrug]

it crashes on my machines. over and over and over.

 

[randomlinh]

what realplayer alternatives are there.. that don't require the installation of real itself...

 

[Lonyo]

I think there's one called Real alternative (you could try Google, or other Real threads, there are a few programs that you can use instead IIRC)

 

[LAUST]

Chopped on my 28.8 modem, still chops on my cable modem.. :disgust:

 

[Siddhartha]

Originally posted by: Biggs
It tries to take control of a majority of your PC's functions.

 

[amdskip]

Originally posted by: DaWhim
because it sucks PERIOD

 

[Aves]

User Error

 

[Viper0329]

Well it....BUFFERING....used to be.....BUFFERING....the only.....BUFFERING.....streaming media.....BUFFERING.....*closes window.


Yeah, can't stand it.

 

[BillyBatson]

Originally posted by: Viper0329
Well it....BUFFERING....used to be.....BUFFERING....the only.....BUFFERING.....streaming media.....BUFFERING.....*closes window.


Yeah, can't stand it.

AMEN BRUTHA!!!!!!!!!!

then there are ads and stupid e-mail?? why would iw ant real sending me ad-filled e-mails to my real player!!!! Adds a buncha useless crap to startup etc!

Aweful aweful...

 

[Muck]

Everytime you RealPlayer runs, it activates a TSR to run on startup. You have to go into msconfig and disable it every damn time you run it.

RealPlayer Alternative is nice. But you still need RealPlayer to stream sites that require RealPlayer.

Simply put, it's bloatware and it's spyware. And it also is pretty crappy performance-wise.

 

[StageLeft]

Bloated, fills your computer with a bunch of crap, and real media is a terribly sh*ty format as well.

 

[BigKev]

It's a huge pain in the azz.

 

[toekramp]

Originally posted by: amdskip

Originally posted by: DaWhim
because it sucks PERIOD