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FFmpeg to Google: Fund us or stop sending bugs

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1124 points CrankyBear | 5 comments | 11 Nov 25 18:32 UTC | HN request time: 1.054s | source
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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. dzhiurgis ◴[11 Nov 25 20:44 UTC] No.45892562[source]▶
> era-defining software for free

chill, nobody knows what ffmpeg is

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2. tills13 ◴[11 Nov 25 23:57 UTC] No.45894560[source]▶
Is this sarcasm? While it may be true that my mother does not know what ffmpeg is I'm almost positive she interacts with stuff that uses it literally every single day.
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3. profsummergig ◴[12 Nov 25 00:59 UTC] No.45895141[source]▶
...every media post on IG/FB/X/YT/news sites/AI.
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4. dzhiurgis ◴[12 Nov 25 10:23 UTC] No.45898494{3}[source]▶
So does a Siemens transformer, but it's era defining.

Why there's such a weird toxic empathy around ffmpeg?

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5. Orygin ◴[12 Nov 25 12:01 UTC] No.45899114{4}[source]▶
Why do you shit on it? This software is literally holding the near entirety of video transcoding *worldwide* on its shoulders.