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MplayerX Leaving Mac App Store

Posted by timothy on from the kicked-out-of-the-hothouse dept.

New submitter technonono writes "MplayerX, a popular and free video player app on Mac OSX, is now leaving Mac App Store 'after arguing with Apple for three months.' The developer claims that Apple's sandboxing policies would strip the app into 'another lame Quicktime X,' which is unacceptable. The app is releasing updates on its own site, where users who bought it from the App Store would most likely never notice them. The situation was 'foretold' by Marco Arment, at least for one app."

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  1. Re:Is this a genuine case? by shutdown+-p+now · · Score: 5, Funny

    I was wondering how long it'd take before we arrived at "you're holding it wrong".

  2. Re:Is this a genuine case? by sqldr · · Score: 4, Funny

    Being a loud mouth is not a replacement for a (any) good argument.

    Fortunately, he did throw in a good argument which you probably missed while you were masturbating over the latest fart app.

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  3. Re:Is this a genuine case? by paulatz · · Score: 5, Funny

    QuickTime Player is sandboxed in 10.8 (and possibly earlier), so it should have the same issues as MPlayerX... And I havn't experienced any difficulties as a power user.

    What does it mean to be a power user of QuickTime Player? That you managed to find the full-screen button?

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