I knew that, but it always baffles me when I hear it again. Who uses any Real products anymore?
Back in 2007 the only reason I ever used Real stuff was pirated episodes of South Park, and even then I think I was using Real Alternative. Even in 2007 the company seemed like it was dying, and I have no idea 17 years later it's still somehow alive.
It appears they’re mostly buying other companies and their tech, with no apparent whales on either side of the ledger, so they don’t appear to be growing or failing at any great pace.
Wait, people were still using Real back in 2007? At that point I had cycled through DivX, XviD, and then just started holding onto the .VOB file from the DVD.
As I said, the only thing I used it for was pirated episodes of South Park. For whatever reason, a lot of the South Park piracy websites were using .rm files.
For literally everything else, I think I used XviD until MakeMKV came along.
Just a random streaming user :) I could share one link that would seamlessly blend multiple short video clips from 3rd-party servers. Today that requires sharing multiple URLs that each load a heavy web page with separate HTML video player, with no playback continuity. Mini movie editing with a text editor and revision control!
Back in 2007 the only reason I ever used Real stuff was pirated episodes of South Park, and even then I think I was using Real Alternative. Even in 2007 the company seemed like it was dying, and I have no idea 17 years later it's still somehow alive.