“Finding license free music without paying a subscription is a PITA.”
ianhil, on news.ycombinator.com ↗
Stock music libraries want a subscription before your hobby video gets a soundtrack. Paste a song into mockfreeli and get five license-free cousins, no card.
Somebody wanted money for a video player your browser already is. Local Cinema is the free ticket to your own living room.
“Charging you to use your own browser to play your own video felt a bit like charging admission to your own living room.”
Falling-notes piano videos cost money or an afternoon of placing every note by hand. TileDropper eats a MIDI file and renders one in your browser, free.
“The apps that make them either cost money or make you place every note by hand, so I built a free one that runs in your browser.”
Every transcript tool says free and means freemium. ScriptHaul takes a whole channel, 500 videos a batch, no account, no credits, no clock.
“They all say "free", but it's more like freemium, y'know?”
Built something because a company wanted your credit card for a feature that fits in a single file? That's spiteware. Submit it and join the hall of fame.