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They have some fire tweets, especially when people say they write things from scratch or boast about how much money they make with ffmpeg wrappers

Oh, and here's one making fun of HN comments. Hi ffmpeg :) https://x.com/FFmpeg/status/1947076489880486131

Wasn’t that a trillion dollar company demanding support for their little problem?

No one is forcing them to produce code for free. There is something toxic about giving things away for free with the ulterior motive of getting money for it.

It’s market manipulation, with the understanding that free beats every other metric.

Once the competition fails, the value extraction process can begin. This is where the toxicity of our city begins to manifest. Once there is no competition remaining we can begin eating seeds as a pastime activity.

The toxicity of our city; our city. How do you own the world? Disorder.

Disorder…