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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.


...every media post on IG/FB/X/YT/news sites/AI.


So does a Siemens transformer, but it's era defining.

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


Why do you shit on it? This software is literally holding the near entirety of video transcoding *worldwide* on its shoulders.


Good on them, can they and their groupies a bit more chill when facing valid criticism.

If this wasn't google but lone developer by now he'd be doxxed, fired and receiving death threats. It's not first time ffmpeg strikes like this.




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