![OW2 on Twitter: "VLC @videolan, 1 Million downloads per day, tells Jean-Baptiste Kempf #ow2con'16 https://t.co/eVWO1MqUOL" / Twitter OW2 on Twitter: "VLC @videolan, 1 Million downloads per day, tells Jean-Baptiste Kempf #ow2con'16 https://t.co/eVWO1MqUOL" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cs9WFqtWYAAaML4.jpg)
OW2 on Twitter: "VLC @videolan, 1 Million downloads per day, tells Jean-Baptiste Kempf #ow2con'16 https://t.co/eVWO1MqUOL" / Twitter
![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! : r/europe 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! : r/europe](https://external-preview.redd.it/1VVK4JrZUk51m893AvXr_CtdWQNJ-26ppI8rP2ZXnzk.png?auto=webp&s=5c7f33fb8c919c17db8d7253a0d411914ac6de7e)
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! : r/europe
![France awards top honours to VLC developer Jean-Baptiste Kempf and white-hat hacker Gaël Musquet : r/opensource France awards top honours to VLC developer Jean-Baptiste Kempf and white-hat hacker Gaël Musquet : r/opensource](https://external-preview.redd.it/0L6tMkoiAYKe3mEmNaF4Xkzqt3FLdNG5Dcu4aBxZOgM.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=1181f729a7539563cd07617cd79439d9231a0e48)