, DeathByVisualStudio wrote

Maybe I should be more like you and tell them to "just deal with it".

Maybe you should just send them a link to VLC: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

If you tell them that they saved $10 by clicking on that link instead of expecting Microsoft to bundle DVD codecs, maybe they'll buy you a drink.

And if they can't manage the complexity of clicking on a link, tell them to search the AppStore for "DVD player", and they can get one from there instead.