Shouldn’t VLC Be Back in the App Store by Now?

[steven36]

Two months since the player was abruptly pulled

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On the Videolan.org site, VLC for iOS 2.3.0 is advertised with the following lines of text: “VLC for iOS can play all your movies and shows in most formats directly without conversion. You can synchronize media to your device using WiFi Upload, iTunes, Dropbox, or direct downloads from the web.”

Only problem is it’s nowhere to be found. And it hasn’t been for the past two months. VideoLAN has been mum on the subject until recently, when lead developer Felix Paul Kuehne used the official forums to answer a question about the player’s upcoming availability. He blamed the iTunes Connect holiday shutdown for the player’s absence on the iTunes App Store, but confirmed that VLC for iOS was coming back to iPhones and iPads.

Well, the holiday season has come and gone, and Apple has been accepting new submissions for a few days now. We initially speculated that the group had already supplied Apple with a binary, while the Cupertino company probably queued VLC up for approval. The Mac maker is either juggling thousands of new submissions from December, or VideoLAN has yet to publish their updated binary.

For who’s asking, the reason why VideoLAN was forced to pull the app revolves around the player’s license (open source stuff). Interestingly, the page where Felix Paul Kuehne confirmed that VLC would make a return to the App Store is no longer available.

We'll be back with new information whenever we hear something new from the fine gents at VideoLAN.

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Source: http://mac.softpedia.com/blog/Shouldn-t-VLC-Be-Back-in-the-App-Store-By-Now-468913.shtml

[vitorio]

Lets hope it comes back. I have it in my pc and Android tablet.

[Enigmatism]

One thing I don't understand about Apple is that THEY have to approve the app that YOU get to use, not the other way around. Why can't people use the apps they want whenever they want it without it having to go threw the whole process? If every time I wanted to install a new program on my computer but Microsoft had to approve it without me getting any say so in the matter, I would throw my computer into the trash.

[calguyhunk]

One thing I don't understand about Apple is that THEY have to approve the app that YOU get to use, not the other way around. Why can't people use the apps they want whenever they want it without it having to go threw the whole process? If every time I wanted to install a new program on my computer but Microsoft had to approve it without me getting any say so in the matter, I would throw my computer into the trash.

Welcome to the world of Apple and their iZombies *cough* dedicated users. They actually take pride in the fact that they pay a premium for the privilege of being dictated to by Cupertino LOL! :lol: