NPR's Car Talk Dumping RealMedia

olcrazypete writes: "Click and Clack are apparently fed up with Real Networks. They have switched to Windows Media Player format. 'Why? Because, for a long time, we've had tons of complaints about RealNetworks. And the one that ticks us off the most is the perceived trickery they use to sell their premium products. This is just our opinion, mind you, but it's shared by enough of our listeners, that we finally decided to take action.' The whole story is here . My favorite line: 'It stinks so much that it even makes Microsoft look good by comparison. That's something, huh?'"

Comments

Re:Why not just use MP3?

[Golias]

Your point leads to the question: Who in the hell would want to buy archives of Car Talk!? Two mechanics who share a goofy sense of humor taking calls about car problems from Audi-driving NPR listeners... What could possibly possess you to want to re-listen to episodes of such a show!?

Re:Wrong -- QuickTime just plain sucks

[kobotronic]

I quite agree - I'd just like to add that even though I think the OSX gui looks like gay smurf space candy or something, I do like the Apple titanium laptops. I would at least have contemplated switching, had they just placed two mouse buttons by the trackpad. Apple users must have shapeless nubs for hands, or wear mittens a lot, I always found the single big button design retarded.

Such a shame when Apple otherwise have nice engineering and hardware design... Yeah you can buy a multi-button mouse as an accessory, but that's kind of dumb on a laptop when you want to stay mobile. I have been using laptops with trackpads since 1996, today I play a mean game of CS or Q3A using just that. :)