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Re:VLC maintainer has refused “several tens of millions of E... by romanovcode on Saturday September 30, 2017 @07:19AM (#15372310)
But you can cash in and leave the software to die like uTorrent authors did for example.
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Re:VLC maintainer has refused “several tens of millions of E... by yasserkaddour on Saturday September 30, 2017 @07:52AM (#15372427)
Yeah, when you see that uTorrent is still popular[1][2], after their introduction of ads 5 years ago and the removal of important features like streaming, in a population that know how to torrent. Doubtless VLC with ads will still have an important market share for at least 10 years.

[1] https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&q=...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_BitTorrent_clie...

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Re:VLC maintainer has refused “several tens of millions of E... by romanovcode on Saturday September 30, 2017 @08:32AM (#15372570)
The same people who use uTorrent most definitely use VLC.
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Re:VLC maintainer has refused “several tens of millions of E... by yasserkaddour on Saturday September 30, 2017 @08:39AM (#15372598)
Yes, and a lot of them will continue to use it, even if VLC introduces ads, because it's what they are familiar with. I am making the same point as you — I think.
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Re:VLC maintainer has refused “several tens of millions of E... by jbk on Saturday September 30, 2017 @08:06AM (#15372483)
Yes, and I would be a millionaire. But that would not be moral.
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Re:VLC maintainer has refused “several tens of millions of E... by fiokoden on Saturday September 30, 2017 @08:28AM (#15372558)
Most people today don't even know what moral is.
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Re:VLC maintainer has refused “several tens of millions of E... by jbk on Saturday September 30, 2017 @08:54AM (#15372645)
possible.
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Re:VLC maintainer has refused “several tens of millions of E... by agumonkey on Saturday September 30, 2017 @07:25AM (#15372331)
Someone suggested that in the AMA. Take the cash, then fork and let users migrate. OP then used the word "morale".
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Re:VLC maintainer has refused “several tens of millions of E... by bigbugbag on Saturday September 30, 2017 @04:41PM (#15374889)
It is not so simple. Many users would be left on the sidelines and the trust would be damaged forever.

If something like this had happened I would have migrated the machines I maintain for sure but probably not to the VLC fork.

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Re:VLC maintainer has refused “several tens of millions of E... by agumonkey on Saturday September 30, 2017 @07:50AM (#15372423)
Yeah, and want his babies. Rockstar L11
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Re:VLC maintainer has refused “several tens of millions of E... by Iv on Saturday September 30, 2017 @07:54AM (#15372433)
He was asked if he ever got girls thanks to his VLC god status. He answered that, well, he actually tried... But no.
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