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Originally Posted by Step666
See, now I don't disagree with Microsoft pre-loading stuff into their OSs (nor Apple doing it but I don't own and probably never will own a Mac, so it makes little-to-no difference to me).
Unlike the case of DRM-ed music, pre-loading an app into an OS does not stop the user from installing other, similar apps. You could install every media player going on your computer if you so wished, the fact that WMP is already their has absolutely no bearing on it.
More of a problem, IMO, are the proprietary formats that are associated with the different players - Quicktime and the Real format being the worst two as the players they're associated with both suck [enter expletive of your choice here - personally I was going for something involving donkey genitalia], a fact which isn't helped by Firefox not being compatible with the 'alternatives' that are available.
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I know I feel your pain on the quicktime and realplayer things. Hate those two players as well, thank god I don't have too many realplayer/quicktime files.
As for file extensions: I don't really mind wma, as long as it isn't protected. That is just bs if you ask me...
The reason why the EU wants WMP out of the standard Microsoft package is because anyone who doesn't know or who doesn't wanna take an effort are simply stuck with WMP cuz they are not informed about other players. That's the problem they are after.