> VLC is open-source and free to use. How might they make money off it? Sell apps for certain platforms. Leave the source open, but have the primary appstore v

> VLC is open-source and free to use. How might they make money off it? Sell apps for certain platforms. Leave the source open, but have the primary appstore versions be paid. I can think of a few useful apps that do this, DAVx5 charges for the play store version but it's free on fdroid. xchat (IRC client) also used to this back in the day for their official windows build. Nothing stopped you from legally using a fork. FAST streams they probably get kickbacks from advertisers for offering, Plex does this.