UPDATE: Real Alternative for Winamp never worked well for me, but I did find some Codec pack that, in combination with Flashblock, now allows me to view embedded media without installing crapola software.
If anyone knows of a good substitute for Real Player, email me. I don’t care how great their compression algorithm is supposed to be, it’s bloatarific spyware, and I have to do without the streaming content from most large media outlets because I refuse it install it.