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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: 0.014s | 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. Aurornis ◴[12 Nov 25 03:16 UTC] No.45896041[source]▶
> (slavery, anyone?)

It’s hard to take any comment seriously that tries to use “slavery” for situations where nobody is forced to do anything for anyone.

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2. Aurornis ◴[12 Nov 25 05:19 UTC] No.45896624[source]▶
Anyone comparing normal adulthood stuff to slavery needs to spend some time reading some history books.
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3. profsummergig ◴[12 Nov 25 06:22 UTC] No.45896924{3}[source]▶
So, no answer?
4. hennell ◴[12 Nov 25 08:37 UTC] No.45897769[source]▶
Not how the terms slavery and taxation are usually defined no.

If you choose to reduce them to such a level you ignore all their differences and focus on some carefully termed similarities you could make the case they're the same for that specific definition I suppose.

5. lm28469 ◴[12 Nov 25 09:43 UTC] No.45898216[source]▶
No we can't use such strong words here, theft is more appropriate
6. raincole ◴[12 Nov 25 13:15 UTC] No.45899748{3}[source]▶
Anyone who actually read some history books would know slavery was considered "normal stuff" until it wasn't.