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When I look at the download page now, there are no ads (disclaimer: I use an ad-blocker and I use noscript). Furthermore, VLC is available from the Microsoft St
by ahje 7y ago
When I look at the download page now, there are no ads (disclaimer: I use an ad-blocker and I use noscript). Furthermore, VLC is available from the Microsoft Store, so that you don't have to fetch untrusted executables anyway.
- m_t 7y agoThe windows store version is a bit different than the one you an download from the website though.
- TorKlingberg 7y agoHere is what the official Videolan download page looks like on Windows Chrome without adblocker: https://imgur.com/a/ZWZdtk5 https://imgur.com/a/ZWZdtk5 The VLC download is started in the background, but the "Download Now" buttons are highly misleading. This time it's Avast rather than "VLC Torrent Streamer". Videolan should be ashamed using dark patterns to trick people into installing adware.
- ahje 7y agoJeez, it's easy to forget how unusable the web is without an adblocker nowadays.
- cyphar 7y agoI just got the same ad they're talking about[1] -- you need to go to the Windows download page (as in, click download) and have your adblocker disabled. [1]: https://imgur.com/a/2M2ns6i https://imgur.com/a/2M2ns6i