Comments on: Sanity launches music subscription service http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/08/sanity_launches_music_subscription_service/ tips and downloads to help you at work and play Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:13:58 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Kill it with fire http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/08/sanity_launches_music_subscription_service/comment-page-1/#comment-2807 Kill it with fire Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:10:52 +0000 http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2008/08/14/sanity_launches_music_subscription_service.html#comment-2807 <p>I hacked the registry entries removing "loadit" from:<br /> HKCU\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer</p> <p>Then added an outgoing block on the firewall stopping media player from downloading it at start up.<br /> Finally it died...</p> <p>Microsoft should be careful not to take Media PLayer down the RealPLayer path with all those unremovable advertisements.<br /> It is not a service to me, just an obtrusive nuisance.<br /> </p> I hacked the registry entries removing “loadit” from:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer

Then added an outgoing block on the firewall stopping media player from downloading it at start up.
Finally it died…

Microsoft should be careful not to take Media PLayer down the RealPLayer path with all those unremovable advertisements.
It is not a service to me, just an obtrusive nuisance.

]]> By: Bleak http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/08/sanity_launches_music_subscription_service/comment-page-1/#comment-2806 Bleak Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:51:38 +0000 http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2008/08/14/sanity_launches_music_subscription_service.html#comment-2806 <p>This loadit rubbish is an outrage. I quite frankly don't acre what it does.</p> <p>It's not as though Windows is an open source OS that cold almost justify adding third party offers.</p> <p>If they must insist on adding MORE bloatware then there should be an easy option to remove it. end of story</p> This loadit rubbish is an outrage. I quite frankly don’t acre what it does.

It’s not as though Windows is an open source OS that cold almost justify adding third party offers.

If they must insist on adding MORE bloatware then there should be an easy option to remove it. end of story

]]> By: Phineas http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/08/sanity_launches_music_subscription_service/comment-page-1/#comment-2805 Phineas Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:58:03 +0000 http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2008/08/14/sanity_launches_music_subscription_service.html#comment-2805 <p>Like Matt, I find it annoying to have the Loadit button on WMP and not to be able to find any way to remove it. I don't want this service and Sanity should have provided a quick and easy way of getting it off my PC. They have not.</p> Like Matt, I find it annoying to have the Loadit button on WMP and not to be able to find any way to remove it. I don’t want this service and Sanity should have provided a quick and easy way of getting it off my PC. They have not.

]]> By: Matt http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/08/sanity_launches_music_subscription_service/comment-page-1/#comment-2804 Matt Sat, 23 Aug 2008 21:40:33 +0000 http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2008/08/14/sanity_launches_music_subscription_service.html#comment-2804 <p>I have sanity LOADIT in WMP, anyone know how to remove this? their contact page does not have a support or contact link. very intrusive. </p> I have sanity LOADIT in WMP, anyone know how to remove this? their contact page does not have a support or contact link. very intrusive.

]]> By: Jay http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/08/sanity_launches_music_subscription_service/comment-page-1/#comment-2803 Jay Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:07:32 +0000 http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2008/08/14/sanity_launches_music_subscription_service.html#comment-2803 <p>This is nonsense. I would never be comfortable with that. I want to own my content, and I want to be able to do whatever i want with it. DRM and restrictions only turn people to piracy. Non DRM music is convenient, you can take it and use it wherever you want, whenever you want, forever. Why pay $29 for subscription or $1.69 per track with rules and restrictions, when you can pay $0 and do what you want with it?</p> This is nonsense. I would never be comfortable with that. I want to own my content, and I want to be able to do whatever i want with it. DRM and restrictions only turn people to piracy. Non DRM music is convenient, you can take it and use it wherever you want, whenever you want, forever. Why pay $29 for subscription or $1.69 per track with rules and restrictions, when you can pay $0 and do what you want with it?

]]> By: Pedey http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/08/sanity_launches_music_subscription_service/comment-page-1/#comment-2802 Pedey Fri, 15 Aug 2008 06:48:52 +0000 http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2008/08/14/sanity_launches_music_subscription_service.html#comment-2802 <p>I think this is a business model to watch. Especially when the subscription price sweet-spot is found, ie low enough where consumers see little or no incentive to pirate.</p> I think this is a business model to watch. Especially when the subscription price sweet-spot is found, ie low enough where consumers see little or no incentive to pirate.

]]> By: Rubens http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/08/sanity_launches_music_subscription_service/comment-page-1/#comment-2801 Rubens Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:04:56 +0000 http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2008/08/14/sanity_launches_music_subscription_service.html#comment-2801 <p>Well I would be very interested in this kind of offer... were it not for the DRM and the state of broadband plans in Australia...</p> <p>Until we can get unlimited broadband (which will most likely never happen due to our geographical condition) I think that this is rather pointless.</p> Well I would be very interested in this kind of offer… were it not for the DRM and the state of broadband plans in Australia…

Until we can get unlimited broadband (which will most likely never happen due to our geographical condition) I think that this is rather pointless.

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