starmanVLC Media Player Plans to Add Online Media Streaming
helenslunchSurprisingly, the popularity of this media player doesn’t seem to be going down in this age of online streaming, as the project reported a whopping 5 billion downloads of VLC across various platforms since 2005.
How the fuck is number of downloads since TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE in any way indicative of popularity not declining?
it would be optional for VLC users.
“Optional” like all the “optional” features crammed down your throat on Plex?
I’m very interested in the financials involved in this new change, and if someone is going to be filling their pockets in this transition.
maiskanzlerHow would they earn money on this? It’s still a FOSS project. They are simply revamping their GUI and adding support for one more protocol.
Plex is NOT FOSS! Plex is a private company’s cash cow.
Your mistake is assuming for some reason that FOSS projects can’t make money when they absolutely can and have.