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FFmpeg to Google: Fund us or stop sending bugs

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1125 points CrankyBear | 6 comments | 11 Nov 25 18:32 UTC | HN request time: 0.65s | source | bottom
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profsummergig ◴[11 Nov 25 19:14 UTC] No.45891496[source]▶
A bunch of people who make era-defining software for free. A labor of love.

Another bunch of people who make era-defining software where they extract everything they can. From customers, transactionally. From the first bunch, pure extraction (slavery, anyone?).

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1. samdoesnothing ◴[11 Nov 25 20:11 UTC] No.45892197[source]▶
It's hard to find an easier good vs evil distinction than between Google and literally anybody else.
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2. criticalfault ◴[11 Nov 25 21:41 UTC] No.45893260[source]▶
Microsoft ♥ Linux?
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3. lern_too_spel ◴[11 Nov 25 21:51 UTC] No.45893382[source]▶
Facebook?
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4. machomaster ◴[11 Nov 25 21:53 UTC] No.45893406[source]▶
Vim vs. Emacs
5. samdoesnothing ◴[11 Nov 25 22:02 UTC] No.45893497[source]▶
Probably a tie!
6. Hammershaft ◴[12 Nov 25 07:56 UTC] No.45897458[source]▶
What is happening to hacker news? I'm not a fan of Google but this discourse is so tribal and reductive.