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Jean-Baptiste Kempf and VLC: How One Open-Source Decision Defied the Ad Economy

How Jean-Baptiste Kempf kept VLC Media Player ad-free for decades—and why that decision still matters in today’s surveillance economy.

MKV, Open Standards, and Quiet Influence

VLC was among the earliest mainstream players to fully embrace the Matroska (.mkv) container when it was still fringe. That early support helped normalize open container formats long before they were absorbed into larger standards like Google’s WebM.

This kind of influence rarely trends—but it shapes the infrastructure the internet runs on.

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