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 Mele20 Premium join:2001-06-05 Hilo, HI
| reply to m0d Re: Apple using iTunes update to auto-install Safari
You and most everyone else in this thread are getting upset and wasting time on a very minor thing that you can easily fix by paying attention and unchecking the boxes.
There is however a huge, very nasty, extremely worrisome plan on the part of most major ISPs in the USA (and all three major ones in England already) to screw you up one side and down the other and inside and out. Where are all the protests about Phorm? How many of you in this thread even know what that is...even vaguely know... much less have studied this major threat to the internet and users privacy in depth? Your energies should be directed to something truly important that if not stopped dead in its tracks soon will dramatically change the internet as we know it forever. We in the USA have no laws to protect our citizens from Phorm being used by the ISPs. Even in England where there are privacy laws it is a current major uphill battle.
The above may seem OT on the surface but it isn't because I am trying to make an important point here. Save your energy and protests for something that really matters and needs your help, your attention, your outrage. Don't sweat the small stuff. -- "The same ferocity that our founders devoted to protect the freedom and independence of the press is now appropriate for our defense of the freedom of the internet. The stakes are the same: the survival of our Republic". Al Gore, The Assault on Reason | |  m0d
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| "RealPlayer 10 is configured to run the Message Center program automatically at system startup and RealPlayer shutdown. The Message Center has generated controversy because it features advertisements for bands, and for material that may be considered unacceptable for children, such as "Hottest Hollywood Sex Scenes," featured on January 27, 2007. Although there is an option to turn the messages off, RealPlayer 10 will automatically turn some message options back on. As a result, the Message Center will almost always pop up with new messages, in an adware like behavior.[40] However, since version 10.5, it is possible to turn the Message Center off completely.[citation needed]"
src: »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RealPlayer
I will leave you to consider that .. once a bad guy? always a bad guy .. don't assume we want crap in our startup thx.
.. to me that is "deceptive practice" .. just like any malware anyone cared to mention .. so yeah .. trust is gone there for me. There is a long history of it trying nasty stuff on "startup" .. and well its your CPU/MEM .. not theirs..
"In 2006 PC World Magazine named RealPlayer (of 1999) as #2 in its list of the 25 worst products of all time.[37] In 2007, it placed RealPlayer (of 1996-2004) at #5 in its list of the 20 most annoying tech products.[38] In 2008 StopBadware.org called RealPlayer "badware" due to failure to completely disclose software components it installs as well as leaves behind after being un-installed.[39]"
So yeah .. whos comp is this? see? | |  C DM
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| reply to Mele20 said by Mele20 :You and most everyone else in this thread are getting upset and wasting time on a very minor thing that you can easily fix by paying attention and unchecking the boxes. There is however a huge, very nasty, extremely worrisome plan on the part of most major ISPs in the USA (and all three major ones in England already) to screw you up one side and down the other and inside and out. Where are all the protests about Phorm? How many of you in this thread even know what that is...even vaguely know... much less have studied this major threat to the internet and users privacy in depth? Your energies should be directed to something truly important that if not stopped dead in its tracks soon will dramatically change the internet as we know it forever. We in the USA have no laws to protect our citizens from Phorm being used by the ISPs. Even in England where there are privacy laws it is a current major uphill battle. The above may seem OT on the surface but it isn't because I am trying to make an important point here. Save your energy and protests for something that really matters and needs your help, your attention, your outrage. Don't sweat the small stuff. Since when a discussion of something suddenly becomes a protest or something that is pointless? A forum is a place of discussion, and it seems like that is what is happening here. Does it really matter how big or a small a topic is, as long as it's a topic and people are discussing it? No one (at least that I am aware of) was making some huge point about it one way or another, and trying to make sure some strong action was taken or something like that--it was simply being pointed out and discussed. | |  Mele20 Premium join:2001-06-05 Hilo, HI
| reply to m0d That and the post below are rather incoherent...especially the one below which makes no sense at all. I have no idea what you were trying to say in it. In this post, I gather you don't like Real Player. I don't know what Real Player has to do with what I said that set you off. I said that Rhapsody has better music selection than IPod. I didn't say anything about Real Player.
Much of your rant is incorrect anyway. Real Player (not Rhapsody player) from Real.com doesn't take over file associations or anything else on your computer as long as you PAY ATTENTION when installing it just as you should pay attention when installing/updating an application from Apple. I never had Real Player 10. I had 8,9 and 10.5 that I recall. I never saw any ads in Real Player. I use the Proxomitron. In fact, when Rhapsody first came out many years ago from Listen.com (they were not owned by Real back then) I had the Technical Service Manager call me long distance from California several times and he spent several HOURS on the phone with me trying to get Rhapsody to work with Proxo.
Your post and my reply are OT so I'm stopping here. -- "The same ferocity that our founders devoted to protect the freedom and independence of the press is now appropriate for our defense of the freedom of the internet. The stakes are the same: the survival of our Republic". Al Gore, The Assault on Reason | |
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