@canadaduane amen!

@canadaduane that quote is so funny. Love it.

@canadaduane Fucking legend

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Is that related to Ubuntu moving all VLC updates / fixes to their subscription only channel?

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@canadaduane Also worth noting that being free is protective of VLC from lawsuits over DRM or assisting copyright infringements. As the revenue generated by those 'sales' of VLC is $0 and in many instances that limits the damages to $0.

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Is he Vetinari?

@canadaduane #VLC has been my go to media player for many years. Awesome product, easy to use, runs on multiple platforms and plays a very wide variety of media. It just works. TY JBK!

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I love people who have principles and actually can live by them!

@canadaduane Not all heros wear capes.

@canadaduane "Sure, more money would be fun, but most of the people I know who have more money are annoying."

This is the way

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THIS is the open source spirit! Thanks for sharing. :)

@canadaduane Thx for reminding - just donated 💶

@canadaduane I'm so grateful for the VLC player, been donating for it every now and then and I still do, even though I'm now mostly using another player (also FOSS).

@canadaduane ALWAYS Use an ad-blocker !!

@canadaduane Me hago fan de este señor.

@canadaduane It is worth remembering that, for those who like the project and want to make a donation or collaborate in some way, here you can see how:

https://www.videolan.org/contribute.html

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That guy knows codecs better than anyone even the people who invented their specs.

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alt-text:
A screenshot of a social media post by user "Shri".

[text]
This is Jean-Baptiste Kempf, creator of VLC media player. He refused tens of millions of dollars in order to keep VLC ads-free. Thanks Jean!

[picture]
Jean-Baptiste Kempf in a working space wearing the VLC logo like the hat of a witch or a wizard.

@canadaduane (important for German VLC users) An dieser Stelle der wichtige Hinweis, dass die offizielle VLC-Seite https://www.videolan.org/vlc/#download ist und nicht vlc[.]de. Dahinter und hinter vlc-forum[.]de steckt die schamlose Ad-Ware-Schleuder Aller Media e.K. aus Verden, die nichts mit #VLC zu tun hat und euch mit einem modifizierten Installer Spy-Ware unterschiebt.

@canadaduane sudo karma

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C'est incroyable cette aventure, mais disons aux capitalistes qu'on forkera systématiquement.

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Great guy 👏🏻👏🏻

@canadaduane @nuttycom Can we have the lyrics to Money by Pink Floyd please @daletraeng #kaching

@canadaduane I want a poster with that quote and pics of Jean-Baptiste Kempf and Marc Andreessen. Because if ever there was an exemplar.

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What a nice guy! Even on my android phone I've always only used VLC. Such a solid product!

@canadaduane What a wonderful human being he is ..! 😃♥️😎

@canadaduane Not the creator but the main développer for decade now.

@canadaduane #Alt4You Jean-Baptiste Kempf wearing a construction cone (logo of the VLC software) as a hat.

@canadaduane and it's a tool that use all the time, and have for many years.

@canadaduane And I know that a decision like this sometimes hurts like hell.