But upgrading beyond ~ 6.0 for many of these kewl 'players' requires even more of crapware getting installed in trays, trying to Call Home. Flash players may be (so far immune) -?- HTF would I know..

But for Ex: Even Real Player 6.0.10 (if I can't do the thing w/Quicktime) rechecks the Start-up program list for bloody "Upgrades + new toys", every time it's used. I must then remember to uncheck the fucking box before shutdown. yada And as for the Beast equivalent.. even more incestuous interactions, I hear.

On this one, I get a box with 'pause' or 'rewind' icons, blank screen even after a certain amount of d/l activity -- yet my current Flash player does most of the stuff I care to see. (I don't get even an "Upgrade to blah" message.)

Thanks, some of us will pass. I prefer KISS to cleaning up the spewings of these Ad-infused recent dodgy releases. One needs an expendable, separate junk-tolerating machine for frequent RRR or the willingness to find out what each one is trying to do to you, rather than for you. That I do not deem 'fun'; others may.


Luddites for Leisure not Lore

but:

Platform: Windows NT/2000/XP

(If 98-lite ever becomes unuseable on web, likely it's Apple por moi; much as I hate the thought of learning YAN OS)

Ah well.. a friend has been using a generic player with apparent success.
As it is unencumbered, I'll likely give that one a try.