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Apple Pulls VLC Media Player From AppStore

Posted by timothy on from the don't-want-your-kind-'round-here dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Apple has removed VLC media player from the App Store, putting an end to the controversy on the license (in)compatibilities. Indeed, the iTunes page for VLC media player stopped working. VLC developer Rémi Denis-Courmont notes that he is 'not going to pity the owners of iDevices, and not even the MobileVLC developers who doubtless wasted a lot of their time. This end should not have come to a surprise to anyone.'"

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  1. Re:heh by NJRoadfan · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ironic that Apple has become the Big Brother they depicted in the original 1984 Macintosh ad. Then again Steve Jobs was always a control freak. Sealed all-in-one Macs with little upgrade options was his thing. When he left, the Mac II with slots showed up.

  2. Re:This is why I refuse to buy apple products. by CheerfulMacFanboy · · Score: 5, Funny

    I was a VLC user until recently. But lately, I just absolutely refuse to use anything with their brand on it because of this precise behavior. Ohh, and the bugs with missing audio in some MPEG2 files that no other player has, and that they haven't been able to fix for the last couple of years.

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  3. Re:iTunes policy won't work on the desktop by PopeRatzo · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's OK, one day you'll look back on your iPhone and laugh at yourself.

    BOOM! Oh, man, you really faced that dude. You, like, obliterated him. "Eating Apple's lunch" he said, and you were all like "More like eating Apple's ASS"!! Fuckin'-A right, eating Apple's ass. Apple is like so completely awesome, and you're awesome too for handling that weak-ass Android shit.

    He'll think twice before he ever disrespects the primacy of the Apple Nation.

    Apple totally rules. 4 EVER!!

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