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Originally posted by kbarger
Umm, OK, so which video player is NOT evil and posessed? Don't tell me it's Microsoft Media Player!! 
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As much as I hate to say it, Microsoft Media Player is the least shitty of all of 'em. It's really too bad that something that should be as simple as streaming some fucking data over the internet has turned into such a godawful mess.
If it's not Real spewing icons all over the place, resetting file associations, and putting shortcuts to their system tray spyware in the registry, it's Quicktime asking every time I watch a damn video "Ya wanna register me now? Huh? How about now? Did I mention how much better Quicktime Pro is? Ya want a tour? Huh?"
WMP doesn't have to do any of that annoying shit because it's already a part of the operating system. Yeah, that's a pretty sad reason to pick it as the best, but if you can't beat 'em, join 'em.