cannedtuna@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 个月前It really is the worst image formatimagemessage-square80linkfedilinkarrow-up1393arrow-down1105file-text
arrow-up1288arrow-down1imageIt really is the worst image formatcannedtuna@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 个月前message-square80linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDnb@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 个月前Licensing bullshit https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/8ptbss/comment/e0dv1d4/?context=3 https://www.zdnet.com/article/if-vlc-can-ship-a-free-dvd-player-why-cant-microsoft/ Explains it well. Tldr: VLC is in France and doesn’t have to respect copyright laws over software while Microsoft does and has to pay money for codecs per install.
minus-squaremecen@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 个月前To be fair they could just open source their media layer, probably?
Licensing bullshit
https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/8ptbss/comment/e0dv1d4/?context=3
https://www.zdnet.com/article/if-vlc-can-ship-a-free-dvd-player-why-cant-microsoft/
Explains it well.
Tldr: VLC is in France and doesn’t have to respect copyright laws over software while Microsoft does and has to pay money for codecs per install.
To be fair they could just open source their media layer, probably?