Real attacking apple ...

[JeDiBoYTJ]

dont we already have a right to choose? I can easily choose between the iTMS, or P2P

 

[Fukui]

Can someone please make a counter-petition so we can all collect thousands of signatures against Real and their crappy products.

As much as I don't like real, thier newer OS X player is pretty good, at least better than windows version, though you can't buy thier songs for some reason...

 

[Nermal]

I'm amazed that so many people seem to hate Real. Like I said earlier, I want to be able to buy from whichever store becomes available here in NZ first. If that's the Real store (and they have Mac support by then), then that's the one I'll be using.

Saying that Real should die isn't very good either, it sounds like a Microsoft attitude. Real has the best streaming media player, I'd hate to see it go away. Its only competition is Windows Media Player, which never receives the stream accurately (the protocol doesn't allow it), and QuickTime, which was never intended for streaming in the first place (and works terribly with slower connections).

So while I'm all for being pro-Apple, I don't think it's fair to be anti-Real.

 

[MisterMe]

I'm amazed that so many people seem to hate Real. Like I said earlier, I want to be able to buy from whichever store becomes available here in NZ first. If that's the Real store (and they have Mac support by then), then that's the one I'll be using.
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So while I'm all for being pro-Apple, I don't think it's fair to be anti-Real.

The scorn being heaped upon RealNetworks is scorn that RealNetworks brought upon itself. Try as I might, I cannot imagine a scenario by which RealNetworks's current actions with respect to Harmony can result in a win for RealNetworks. Last week, the company seemed to get moral support from certain corners for its behavior. I see none of that moral support following its latest debacle with the online petition and its music fire sale. Last week, I was afraid that RealNetworks might hurt Apple. Even though damage to Apple was not going to translate in a win for RealNetworks, even that prospect seems to have disappeared.