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VLC - App stores were a mistake (archive.is)

submitted 9 months ago by ozoned@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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VideoLAN @videolan App Stores were a mistake. Currently, we cannot update VLC on Windows Store, and we cannot update VLC on Android Play Store, without reducing security or dropping a lot of users... For now, iOS App Store still allows us to ship for iOS9, but until when?

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[-] answersplease77@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

same thing for linux. their repo's latest version is 1.16 while their github version is 2.4.

Edit: my version numbers are wrong but you get the idea. The repo's version is like 20 releases behind

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[-] finickydesert@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago

But why is fdroid so behind?

[-] Lemmchen@feddit.de 2 points 9 months ago

Okay, but are they still releasing updates via other channels? The newest version on their website is 3.5.4, the same that I got through the play store.

[-] Scolding0513@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

i love how google is not even trying to hide the fact that they are engaging in obvious extortion

"give us the keys to all your secrets so that we can secretly inject NSA malware, or be setenced to obscurity"

anyway this is what we get when we trust gargantuan multi billion corpos not to royally fuck us over

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