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Very few things irritate me more than people who have no idea what they’re talking about mouthing off on the web. And few things entertain me more than their arguments being ripped to pieces by people who have slightly more idea what they’re talking about. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for democracy and free speech and all that, but sometimes I just think people should find out what the hell they’re on about.

The BBC’s iPlayer is a very emotive topic on the web it seems, and in particular the original Windows-only download version. SMPPMS says on the iPlayer forum:

The BBC has rightly been criticised for spending £130 million for developing the download version of the iPlayer which is tied into Microsoft’s Windows Media Player which restricted to Windows Operating systems only. This had very rightly received widespread criticism from the public

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