VLC users: Time to break out your 4-4-4D glasses.

Why do people stick to VLC in this time and age?

Id recommend looking into the truth of why those codecs(h10,HEVC,OPUS, etc) appeared around Anime in the first place.  Starting with file and traffic logs of different torrent sites that still exist today. They reveal a truth that most wont believe even when it smacks then in the face.  

Funi looking for a way to get revenge for all the importers that went out of business because of Anime sharing. But even that is BS. They were bought out and then made to look like they BK'd their business.

Ask yourself why hasn't there been a single new Anime import company since 2005 when the last of them went bankrupt to start up again. There's plenty to be made. Where did all the people with all the contacts and know how to import/dub Anime from all those successful company's go. Funi has control of almost all export/import of Anime.

Sentai was the only one to stick around and still treats Anime the same as they always have.

People are simple and want simple easy ways to do everything. Like popping a DVD-Rom full of Anime into a dvdplayer with Divx Logo. and push play.

We use to put 12eps of 720p on a single 4.7GB DVD-Rom  to counter that Funi started using big files and they have continued.
They introduced those codecs very quietly and then inflated popularity with A.I. support to spread h10 files.  
The logs will show only Anime had increased traffic and allowed those codecs to post. Only in the last few years other torrent sites have started allowing files to post.

This is all true, even if it was only part true it would still show the reality of it means everyone that has to have those encodes, been dancing to funi's tune all this time. Working for free making sure Anime isn't shared offline they way it use to be. And while thats been going on. Funi quietly started changing Anime into something more controllable buy sponsoring as many shows as they can. Gaining power of productions a little more each time.

Today Anime is not what it once was. Everyone knows things get better with experience. They don't get worse. Even translations are their handy work. Intentionally making errors in the  translations.

But even knowing all this is true doesnt really matter because the number of ppl that care is far less than the number of people that don't care or won't accept it because it would mean they were tricked.