Will iTunes Replace RealPlayer? (Please?)
Back in the heady days of dot com mania, RealPlayer seemed like a decent alternative to Windows Media Player. Heck, anything seemed like a decent alternative to WMP and RealNetworks seemed like they had something going. Oh how times have changed.
According to a report from WebSiteOptimization.com, iTunes has surpassed RealPlayer for online streaming and is now the second most popular media player out there. iTunes is also the only media playback application that has shown any significant growth over the past year, with both RealPlayer and QuickTime declining and WMP remaining largely flat.
So isn’t it about time that RealNetworks finally gives up? I mean what are they really offering, other than a bloated, unwieldily piece of software. Their Real.com service was made obsolete by the explosion of video being offered from the TV networks, not to mention YouTube and of course iTunes. What does that SuperPass get you anyway? I can’t even find a list of TV shows and movies you supposedly can watch.
It’s high time that content producers looking for a distribution platform ditch RealPlayer and SuperPass and switch to iTunes (or WMP if you really want to go the way of the Borg.) It’s time for RealPlayer to take its place in the dustbin of history.
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