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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:This is why I refuse to buy apple products. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Good luck with your android device and the chaos of the supposed open world.

  2. Obviously Apple's fault by Henriok · · Score: 0, Troll

    This is obviously Apple's fault and it's inconceivable that it is a negative effect of the GPL since GPL cannot possibly have any. It's impossible to use any other OpenSource license that is compatible with the App Store, even if there are a multitude of such licenses.

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