iTunes overtakes RealPlayer

Have you ever met anyone that actually uses WMP? Neither have I.

Guys, when you post numbers, post what they mean. It appears that the numbers here represent "thousands of unique users" The site doesn't really say much more than that.

Real player might suck balls, but for those of us who have an aversion to all things Redmond there's usually little alternative than to support it - especially where the content provider insists on using DRM.

What else is there that does DRM that is reasonably widely supported?

How do you stream anything in iTunes except internet radio? #2 Kuy seems to have hit the nail.

I can't believe anyone even uses RealPlayer anymore. I thought content providers figured out years ago that everyone hates it, but every now and then I stumble across a site that only uses Real. I don't even bother watching whatever it is at that point.

I second the thought that there is nothing pleasant about real player. Never liked it. I think I put it on the same plane as IE and the macromedia spyware mentionned.

The Flash Player has deviously nasty default privacy settings that once edited revert themselves without your knowledge and must be policed. I don't know how many times I've had to tell it that I do not want third-party content to store data on my computer, gain access to my camera and microphone, or unknowingly access information on my computer. So rather than refer to it as a media player, I would say it's main purpose is spyware.

If anyone is unaware of the things mentioned above please see:

http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager.html

How do they determine what a streaming media player is, though? If you look at actual media streaming, I'm confident you'll find that Flash Player is many times more popular than even iTunes.

-Kuy

I hate that garbage thing they try to pass off as a media player...down with Real!!!