[CS-FSLUG] NI: Yahoo, Apple and Google are Abusing your Trust (OT)

[David Aikema]

So, out of curiosity does the version of quicktime included in the
latest version of Mac OS X still nag you to buy quicktime pro (and has
some basic features like full-screen play disabled)?

It's precisely for that reason that I have MPlayer OS X and VLC
installed on my ibook.

David

On 6/18/05, Timothy Butler <tbutler at ofb.biz> wrote:
> This guy doesn't get it. Rather than looking at QuickTime and iTunes
> as two separate products, he should look at it as one product with
> two frontends (which is true). Really, you have one product
> (QuickTime), which is used via QuickTime Player or iTunes. Moreover,
> the combined package of two front ends, is roughly equivalent to the
> single applications known as Windows Media Player or Real Player,
> since they both have the jukebox integrated into the standard viewer
> (which I think is annoying... QuickTime+iTunes works more in the
> grand *nix tradition of one purpose for one app).
> 
> As a side note, I'd also add that it is clearly noted that you will
> be downloading both when you go to Apple's site, so it isn't Apple
> "infecting" PC's as this blog implies. :-)