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Re:OBS Studio 26.0 by Aerroon on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @08:18PM (#24634568)
One of the reasons why OBS got so popular compared to Xsplit is that it is free.
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Re:OBS Studio 26.0 by MaysonL on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @08:48PM (#24634750)
Interesting – Xsplit is reported as a $20K sponsor on the website: https://opencollective.com/obsproject#section-budget

(Scroll down to see the list of contributors.)

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Re:OBS Studio 26.0 by captn3m0 on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @09:01PM (#24634801)
No better publicity than on your competitor’s website?
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Re:OBS Studio 26.0 by H4ndy on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @04:29AM (#24636695)
The OBS team has a very friendly relationship with XSplit folks, they're nice people and strive for a better product for all users.
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Re:OBS Studio 26.0 by dancemethis on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @09:24AM (#24638455)
Well, yes, it's Free Software, but at this quality level it is be totally fine to sell the ready-to-run binary at a cost.
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