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Real Feels iTunes Backlash

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the nothing-else-happens-in-august dept.

BunkAsInBed writes "CNET reports RealNetwork's recent campaign against the iTunes music network that involved tactics like slashing the costs of their downloads in half, reverse engineering Apple's FairPlay format (Harmony), and recently an online petition and bulliten board have received the opposite reponse that was anticpated."

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  1. Real should know by now by ElForesto · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hell hath no fury like a Mac user scorned.

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  2. Hm.... by The-Bus · · Score: 4, Funny
    Visitors--some of whom identified themselves as "Michael Jackson," "The Pope" and "Bill Clinton"--expressed the view that they already have freedom of choice and would be exercising it by using Apple's iTunes music service.


    That's some pretty famous people coming to Apple's defense.
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    Small potatoes make the steak look bigger.

    1. Re:Hm.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      We all knew the Pope was a Mac user already--

      C'mon, the big hat, all the jewelery, the dress...

    2. Re:Hm.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Well, Apple always did get the support of A-list celebs at Steve Jobs' keynotes. I just didn't realize that The Pope would leave the comment, "Real can suck my b@lls."

    3. Re:Hm.... by chris_mahan · · Score: 4, Funny

      Hum, you must have misquoted.

      The pope would have said: "Real, suck my holy b@lls".

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  3. Is THAT language Real-ly Necessary by grunt107 · · Score: 4, Funny

    It is sad when a salient point is ruined by vulgarity.

    The fuckers.

  4. Newsflash! by Otter · · Score: 4, Funny
    Idiots on Internet! Computer users identify obsessively with their preferred platform, act like obnoxious twits in way they would never dare in real life!

    Film (Quicktime or Real) at 11!

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  5. Apple's retaliation by shadowmatter · · Score: 4, Funny

    I heard Apple put up a big billboard across the street from Real's main office, with only one word in big bold letters across it:

    BUFFERING

    - sm

    1. Re:Apple's retaliation by xigxag · · Score: 3, Funny

      Maybe you missed the sign, just like you missed the joke? :P :P

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  6. Lessons Learned by AKAImBatman · · Score: 5, Funny

    The lesson to be learned from this? Don't mess with Jobs' Reality Distortion Field(TM)!

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  7. I Want More Expensive DRM'd Files! by sulli · · Score: 3, Funny

    Apple fans are nutty.

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    RTFJ.
  8. Re:The reasons are easy by Kiryat+Malachi · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah... Real Player on OS X has second-class spyware, second-class bugs, second-class ability to screw up your system...

    Damn them for treating us Mac users like second class citizens!

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  9. You know it's a slow news day when... by writertype · · Score: 3, Funny
    A media outlet quotes bulletin-board posts.

    I wonder if we can get an infinite loop* going, where CNET quotes Slashdot, and then Slashdot posts a story quoting the CNET story that quotes Slashdot, and then there's an update, and ANOTHER update, and then the disembodied head of Tom Pabst bursts from your screen and screams something inflammatory to draw more hits!

    *Yes, this is Apple wordplay!

    1. Re:You know it's a slow news day when... by the+pickle · · Score: 4, Funny

      That depends on how you define "media outlet."

      News.com ranks slightly above my own "media outlet" for usefulness, if you get my drift...

      p

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  10. Re:Who would have thought by furballphat · · Score: 4, Funny

    UPGRADE TO QUICKTIME PRO?

  11. Re:apple fans by TobyWong · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Apple's success is based in their loyal, vocal, energetic community.

    The linux community and the apple communities are a lot alike in this manner."

    I think the term you are looking for here is "fanboyism".

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  12. Microsoft can now snuff out Real by Call+Me+Black+Cloud · · Score: 4, Funny


    Sell your Real stock now - it's going down. MS now has the power to dispose of Real once and for all.

    Real is selling these songs at a loss. MS has a huge cash reserve. All MS has to do is hire some temps, give them a company credit card, and have them buy songs from Real all day long. The more they buy, the more money Real loses. Eventually, no more Real!

  13. Ironic by Krypto420 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I found it funny that one of the offers listed on freeipods.com is for a $0.99 trial on RealRhapsody.

    I'm wondering if Real knows this, or if they'll just take it anyway they can get it. You'd think that they would want to steer people clear of the iPod (especially a free one!) with their "Freedom of Choice" marketing and all that...

  14. Re:Another lesson -brand image is important. by BarryNorton · · Score: 4, Funny

    Unreal Networks...

    Like, totally!