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So would you rather Google have a secure ffmpeg while us plebian individual users continue to have an insecure ffmpeg?

• GaryBluto 1y ago
  It's frustrating to me how many people are siding with FFmpeg here considering how unprofessional and generally asshole-ish they are being. I feel that this is mostly a kneejerk reaction to AI and Google in general, with people coming up with arguments to support their reaction after already forming an opinion.
  • NoGravitas 1y ago
    It's a volunteer project, they have no requirement to be 'professional'. That's basically the root of the whole issue. A hobby project is not a product, and its developers are not vendors. Free software is not a supply chain.
    • Dylan16807 1y ago
      The word "unprofessional" here is muddying the comment more than it helps. Let's just saying they're being asshole-ish, which is a problem for volunteer projects just as much as non-volunteer ones. The ffmpeg twitter sucks.
    • joshuamorton 1y ago
      > A hobby project is not a product, and its developers are not vendors But it's developers do offer paid consulting as ffmpeg maintainers, which Google does pay for.
  • adastra22 1y ago
    Because we've worked as open-source maintainers and experienced the same frustrating asshole-ish behavior from companies before.