Re: what is "Rhapsody NEW MUSIC ALERTS"

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AAaron123 wrote:

I must have agreed to install it. Probably when Real got installed.

I noticed on the real.com site that they prominantly announce their
alliance with Rhapsody. In a virtual machine, I downloaded and
installed their free RealPlayer to see if Rhapsody was included. The
only fluffware that I saw during the install was the option (enabled by
default) to install the Google Toolbar (which I deselected). When the
installation was done, I didn't see any entry in Add/Remove Programs
applet for Rhapsody (which apparently you saw to get it uninstalled). I
don't use RealPlayer so I didn't bother digging around in its options to
see if something included in their software would initiate opening a
Rhapsody account and loading their alert monitor. So while RealPlayer
seems a likely candidate, it doesn't look like RealPlayer installs
Rhapsody. There might be a different Real download that incorporates
Rhapsody with RealPlayer. I don't know what they shove in their Plus
(paid) version of RealPlayer. After all, RealNetworks is the parent for
both Real.com and Rhapsody.com. That's why Rhapsody shows up in
RealPlayer's Media Guide and links to Rhapsody in their Real Guide page
(the default page shown in RealPlayer unless you configure otherwise).
If I used RealPlayer, I'd set it to default to the Now Playing page so I
wouldn't have to see all their spam-ridden pages.
.

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