Existing users, 
With the new 2.0 version, all users of any OS prior to 10.5/Leopard are marginalized. Not only will you no longer have access to the latest version of the app, BUT AOL has plainly stated they will shut down all streaming broadcasts for any version of the player running in anything OTHER than 10.5.
Their answer is to go use the web interface... but that is no answer, the stand alone app is really the only way to do it. They also claim it isn't good for them to keep 2 code bases... guess they have no clue how to write a simple app like this that runs in more than the latest OS. There is absolutely nothing that I can see that makes 10.5 a MUST OS to run under.
The ONLY plausible reason is they needed help from Cupertino, again because they have no clue how to write Mac software. And Cupertino said they'd ONLY help if it was 10.5 only. Not saying this is true, but it sure seems the only actual reason...
So for us it isn't "free." It costs 130 bucks to go buy the OS that it ONLY will work with.
AOL Radio
listen to 200+ AOL and 150+ CBS radio stations
Version: 2.0 beta 1
Watch Out!!
Feedback Type: Commentary
Contributed by: versiontracker1332 Friday, August 01 2008 @ 09:44 AM PDT
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: 6-12 months
Recommend Product: NO
Comments
Watch Out!! - MacGuffin
Well, the problem is that people write the product; it's not pulled out of the ether. And unfortunately, no one's writing anything good over there. I don't even use AOL Radio anymore because of the "goiter" that sticks out on the side, something, I might add, that was absent from the early releases (which are no longer supported, I might add). They've bounced over 300 pieces of e-mail from my Yahoo Groups in the last 10 days (including at least one from me), this despite the fact that I'm not running any sort of spam filter. They arbitrarily reject mail from ISP's they don't like (this affects at least two of my friends whose providers are, for some reason, on the sh*t list). I've been using them for years and am so much in bed with them with various screen names that the thought of changing is unthinkable but the fact of the matter is that they're so obtusely ridiculous that they and their offshore lackeys fully deserve to go bust. Hard to believe that they used to take in tens of millions every month.Tuesday, April 14 2009 @ 05:57 PM PDT
Watch Out!! - chris584
Might they be using some of the newer core data functionality that is 10.5 only? That also means it's not just keeping two trees up to speed, it's about doing design twice, and differently on each.You also make it sound like if you use 2.0, you can't use 1.0 anymore. 1.0 is still around, and you can flip back and forth. I haven't looked into the "1.0 streams going away" thing, but that would be a decision well outside the Mac developers reach.
Lighten up on the people... keep the criticism on the product.
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Friday, August 01 2008 @ 02:03 PM PDT