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>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 typ
by 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.