Make Recorder a free template

[JonnyBurger]

https://discord.com/channels/809501355504959528/1220672139192176650/1378674189346672741

I realize the following:

• we built the recorder mainly to make our own videos, and so these styles of videos work the best so far.
• users have many different ideas what they want to build with it – we cannot all accommodate ideas while controlling the product direction and making the recorder upgradeable,
• it's a lot of work to get it to a state where everything is completely smooth and we are comfortable releasing it as a generally available paid product, something we have not achieved yet.,
• out of all of our projects, it is an awkward outlier, as it is essentially our only non-B2B product. we also saw more commercial success and interest with the license and our timeline components. the critical path to success for us at remotion seems to be our ability to deliver SaaS companies with the tech to build their video solutions.,

I still love the recorder and actively use it to produce my videos and intend to improve it for this usecase.
taking this into account, we are making the following adjustments to the recorder:

• we are making the repos for recorder and our-recorder public and will stop charging for access to it.,
• the recorder will become a regular remotion template - this uncomplicates upgrades for us. if you want the latest updates, you can scaffold a second instance from npx create-video,
• everybody can make their recorder instances on github public, and share their customizations more easily, taking effect immediately.,
• the recorder exits the "early access" state,

I hope this will also lead to more contributions and make variants like tiktok and code hike easier to accomplish!

TL;DR: we are releasing the recorder a free remotion template 🙂 :love:

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