Re:FFmpeg moves to Forgejo
by themafia on Sunday August 17, 2025 @12:18AM
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> I mean, everyone is using it.
Throughout my entire life this has been a reliable sign to move elsewhere. Monocultures and monopolies tend to have negative long term outcomes.
> this just means that the devs at FFmpeg are having so much fun
A real problem. This should be dealt with immediately.
> Trying around github alternatives for memes.
I have a feeling that if this attitude pervaded the open source community then Gérard Lantau (a.k.a. Fabrice Bellard) would have never started work on or released publicly ffmpeg in the first place.
There's a real feeling of modern corporate entitlement encoded into your comment.
Throughout my entire life this has been a reliable sign to move elsewhere. Monocultures and monopolies tend to have negative long term outcomes.
> this just means that the devs at FFmpeg are having so much fun
A real problem. This should be dealt with immediately.
> Trying around github alternatives for memes.
I have a feeling that if this attitude pervaded the open source community then Gérard Lantau (a.k.a. Fabrice Bellard) would have never started work on or released publicly ffmpeg in the first place.
There's a real feeling of modern corporate entitlement encoded into your comment.