Freedom is its own reward, but it shouldn’t be surprising that choosing Freedom leads to many unexpected positive side-effects. For instance, Miro is designed to make online video more democratic, allowing anyone to become a publisher and anyone to subscribe to any publisher, without central control, but by embracing this model, users of Miro, if they are like me, find that they have access to refreshing new creative works, that change how they view media. It’s like the jump from TV to PVR, and the jump from closed source to “open source” (or at least shareware) all in one go. That is why suddenly going without it because of an upgrade to a separate program (especially after paying for a greater download cap from your ISP) can feel jarring. If you have found that Miro crashes at the end of each video (or just errors tens of times at startup) then my findings might be relevant to you.
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