I never thought of doing that with ffmpeg. Why ffmpeg, instead of imagmagick?

Reminds me of the 90s. Apple gave computers to schools so kids would get locked in to how they work, making a PC awkward and uncomfortable.

This makes the title seem less clickbait.

“…a staunch Flock supporter, said that if people in the town wanted privacy then the city council should basically ban all technology, essentially calling people who did not want government surveillance hypocrites.”