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I would rather they took the money and forked VLC. It would be big enough news that most users would switch and the development would only benefit from the extr
by Sephr 9y ago
I would rather they took the money and forked VLC. It would be big enough news that most users would switch and the development would only benefit from the extra cash.
If the initial media attention isn't enough, they could spend some of the excess on an ad campaign to inform users that "the most popular VLC fork is now [new name]".
- cup-of-tea 9y agoBut that's deceitful and wrong. There is nothing wrong with paying someone for advertising space.
- Sephr 9y agoWhat's deceitful about it? It seems like the person making this offer didn't really think this through, considering that VLC is open source. The name is meaningless if they implement ads.
- EpicEng 9y ago>It would be big enough news that most users would switch and the development would only benefit from the extra cash. You think most of VLC's users are the type who would read about a fork on a site like this? I imagine their user base is much larger than that.
- Sephr 9y agoAdding ads is a significant enough negative change alone to get adequate media attention outside of sites like Hacker News.
- EpicEng 9y agoFor a product like VLC? I don't know about that. The average user will put up with quite a bit of crap from their software, and I don't imagine e.g. my wife would be reading about ads in VLC on pbs.org.