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1. One great thing about open source is that nobody is forcing you to upgrade. You can stick with VLC 3.x forever, and as mentioned in the video, it will be a l
by dry_soup 6y ago
1. One great thing about open source is that nobody is forcing you to upgrade. You can stick with VLC 3.x forever, and as mentioned in the video, it will be a long-term support release.
2. Jean-Baptiste Kempf was offered tens of millions of euros to put ads in VLC, but turned down the offer (link in French)[1]
[1]: https://old.reddit.com/r/france/comments/736ghk/ama_je_suis_le_pr%C3%A9sident_de_videolan_et_le/dnnyrop/ https://old.reddit.com/r/france/comments/736ghk/ama_je_suis_...
- cm2187 6y agoExcept that codecs and hardware won't stop evolving.
- yjftsjthsd-h 6y agoAnd let's not forget that codecs have a long and terrible history of security issues. There's a reason that they're a poster child for fuzzing.
- symlinkk 6y agoNothing about open source allows you to use an old and unsupported piece of software
- httpsterio 6y agoIt literally does. As the source is available, you can always compile whatever version you happen to have the sources for. Nobody is forcing anyone to upgrade, there's just no guarantees either.