VLC Media Player Plans to Add Online Media Streaming

https://programming.dev/post/11362329

VLC Media Player Plans to Add Online Media Streaming - programming.dev

plans to support ad-supported online media streams

Why are they saying it like it’s something good and exciting?

rewriting the whole core of VLC for the 4.0 release which will see a new interface

Where have we see it before? It’s basically the classic scenario where popular software/service makes a complete chnage of design nobody asked for and it fails miserably. I recommend everyone to make a backup of the installer of the last version before this release…

I mean, the guy who made vlc hasn’t charged for like 15 years now.

For most people the only time they open VLC is to view a file locally. I’m surprised they’re not also trying to become more like plex/jellyfin then pivot to ad supported streaming

I’m surprised they’re not also trying to become more like plex/jellyfin then pivot to ad supported streaming

Well, not people are driven by money, but I do agree that several costs need to be addressed, and sadly ads are one of the means to achieve this (and more depending on your greed).