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Re:VLC: App Stores Were a Mistake by ForHackernews on Saturday March 23, 2024 @06:56AM (#39798950)
VLC is one of the most impressive pieces of software I've ever used. I still remember the time in school when an older kid showed me he could launch VLC from a usb stick, without "installing it" and play torrented movies on the machines in the computer lab, without admin rights or the ability to install codecs.

Runs everywhere, plays anything is not an understatement.

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Re:VLC: App Stores Were a Mistake by alecsm on Saturday March 23, 2024 @07:00AM (#39798976)
And don't forget all the money the founder refused to keep big corps out of it.

It's a unique piece of software.

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Re:VLC: App Stores Were a Mistake by OscarTheGrinch on Saturday March 23, 2024 @07:04AM (#39798994)
That's why the butthurt big tech companies hate it; it blows their bloated crapware out of the water, for free!
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