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> Can't we have one piece of good software that doesn't try to shove "relevant" "suggestions" from "trusted" "partners" down our throats? A few don't, like VLC
by progval 5y ago
> Can't we have one piece of good software that doesn't try to shove "relevant" "suggestions" from "trusted" "partners" down our throats?
A few don't, like VLC: https://www.reddit.com/r/bestof/comments/73dafr/vlc_creator_refused_several_tens_of_millions_of/ https://www.reddit.com/r/bestof/comments/73dafr/vlc_creator_...
- krono 5y agoNeutral FYI: VLC on OSX had unremovable sponsored radio/podcasts in its sidebar last time I used it
- morsch 5y agoAre you sure you weren't using a VLC clone that added this stuff? Because these things exist (e.g. "VLC plus"). They're basically malware, tricking people into downloading what they think is the genuine article.
- krono 5y agoYeah I'm sure it was a genuine installation. See this: https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=99040 https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=99040
- morsch 5y agoI found this thread from 2012 while researching my post. There are in fact not a lot of posts about this topic. Are you sure these entries are sponsored? It doesn't say sponsored in the screenshot.
- krono 5y agoIt's been half a decade since I last used VLC and looked this up, but I'm certain there was a VLC staff member, perhaps a moderator, who explained the presence of these sidebar entries as measures to cover development cost. There are in fact not a lot of posts about this topic You mustn't have looked very far ;)
- morsch 5y agoWell, a couple of minutes on Google. I just looked at all results for "sponsored" on the forum and it is in fact the only thread that uses it in that sense. I'm still waiting for any concrete evidence, as I am genuinely curious what kind of sponsorships of that kind there are, or were, if any.
- krono 5y agoYou're fully aware I was making an assumption or a false recollection. There's absolutely no need for this adversarial tone.
- Townsendin 5y agoThe point is: you were wrong. In your previous posts you claimed you weren't wrong. Now in the first post where you acknowledge that you were wrong, you're going to complain that you feel attacked? ;)
- Thev00d00 5y agoThey have "Jamendo Selections" nowadays, but that service offers independent music under creative commons licences, you can also right click and remove it.
- morsch 5y agoDid the VLC people get paid to include the Jamendo plugin? Because it's not sponsored if they weren't (I realize you never claimed otherwise).
- vetinari 5y ago> you can also right click and remove it. Are you sure? For me, I can only "Disable" it, and it gets promptly re-enabled right after clicking on some other item in the sidebar. There doesn't seem to be any way to disable it permanently, or, preferably, removing it entirely.
- nolok 5y agoThis list is filled with a LUA script in a VLC dir, and you can override it with a user list. IT's not available through GUI but if it bothers you it's possible to remove it entirely that way.
- vetinari 5y agoUnfortunately on a Mac, by touching files in the app bundle (VLC.app/Content/MacOS/share/lua/playlist) you break the app signature :(
- stragies 5y agoThe official, upstream VLC installer, or some third-party repackaging?
- krono 5y agoOfficial, there are numerous forum posts about it. One of which can be found here https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=99040 https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=99040
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