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Windows 11's New Media Player Uses 3.5x More RAM, Charges for Popular Video Codecs
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Could you imagine how much it would suck if VLC got bought out by corporate privateers?
Like the guy's been putting a lot of work in for a long time, so I couldn't exactly blame him for it, but we would need a fork immediately because otherwise that would just be too sad for words.
videolan itself is a nonprofit, formed around the time of the 1.0 release of vlc.
mpv exists so if vlc dies there's just another reason to use linux.
Also dude has been approached and offered millions just for ad placement. I don't think he'll sell even if he's dying or homeless. It's a Terry Davis level of software development dedication at this point.
I think if it was bought it would be simply discontinued to force people to use their existing media player.
Also despite what people on tech forums think, probably 95% of people don't even know what VLC or 7zip are and have never even heard of it. Of that 5% that have heard of it, maybe half use it.