Posted by Ben C on 07/24/07 20:16

On 2007-07-24, El Kabong <davelong40@verizon.net> wrote:
[...]
> That trend goes way beyond Web sites unfortunately. Software also suffers
> from the "be-all-to-all" syndrome.

s/Software/Commercial software

> MusicMatch Jukebox started out as a fantastic little tool for ripping,
> & burning, but mostly managing music files. It was wonderful... easy
> to use and loaded quickly. Now, Yahoo owns it and they couldn't care
> less about whether or not I can manage my files, print my playlists,
> or load my e280. All they want to do is sell me crap music that no one
> else wants to buy either. Now a pop-up nag screen insists that I
> download the latest version of their bloatware and I don't want it.
> Will they give me a "Don't show this anymore" checkbox? What do you
> think?

Use cdparanoia, cdrecord and sox. Each one does what it does very well
and no more. None of them would dream of trying to show you ads.

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