OBS and VLC have made everyones lives better. And they have been doing it for a long time now.
There should be a global fund, funded by tax payers, globally managed, like the UN, that helps developers who develop software that is used in every nook and corner of earth. A strong incentive like that, and we could see a revolution in open source software.
Some of the companies/people I know are quite happy sending portions of their revenue to e.g. Blender for its use in their commercial pipeline. As a hobbyist I do the same (not a portion of revenue, but I chuck a monthly coffee towards whatever I'm learning, at least.) That global fund? It's not the UN, it's HN. That strong incentive? It's the feeling that moved your comment. We can send that money to developers right now. Hopefully a lot of us already are. tl;dr: buy WinRAR.
There should be a global fund, funded by tax payers, globally managed, like the UN, that helps developers who develop software that is used in every nook and corner of earth. A strong incentive like that, and we could see a revolution in open source software.