This is Jean-Baptiste Kempf, the creator of the VLC media player, he refused tens of millions of euros in order to keep VLC ads-free. Merci, Jean!

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image showing This is Jean-Baptiste Kempf, the creator of the VLC media player, he refused tens of millions of euros in order to keep VLC ads-free. Merci, Jean!

anarchotech on December 5th, 2017 at 16:44 UTC »

Rather than wondering how we can make more people built privacy breaking, data monetising, tax evading giants like Facebook, maybe we should be wondering how we can support people like him.

jef_snow on December 5th, 2017 at 17:35 UTC »

Just the other day I opened VLC and was like "The volume on this goes over 100. I love VLC."

Thanks, Jean-Baptiste.

jbkempf on December 5th, 2017 at 18:07 UTC »

Hey guys|girls,

This is me. It's a bit weird (and off-topic) to see me on /r/europe.

Ask me anything, I guess.

PS: I did not create VLC. I joined the Ecole Centrale Paris in 2003, and I've been leading the project since 2007. I created the VideoLAN non-profit though :)

PPS: not my best photo

EDIT: obligatory "thanks for the gold" edit.

EDIT2: I'll do a proper AMA in the next weeks, since some people seem to care :)

EDIT3: thanks for the flair!