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submitted 3 weeks ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world

And jeez what happened to it anyways? It actually used to be pretty decent back in the 98/XP/7 days :(

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[-] ours@lemmy.world 44 points 3 weeks ago

It's because Jean-Baptiste Kempf is a GOAT and said "non" to fuck-you amounts of money to sell out VLC.

I don't know if I've had the strength to say no to that much money and obviously, that kind of cash has corrupted all but a few bastions of what makes the Internet an awesome place.

Shoutout to Raymond Hill of uBlock Origin fame and all those supporting the lists it depends on. Some many adblockers sold out (including the original uBlock) but he champions on making the Internet a remarkably better place when used. Dude even refuses donations (says list maintainers deserve it more).

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