VLC APP FOR MAC APP STORE SERIES

To Apple developers the VLC approval is as symbolic as Google Voice was a couple of days ago. Since the closed iTunes media platform is at the crux of Apple’s business model, the fact that an app would get approved that allows you to upload non-Apple compatible files to your iPad it seems counterintuitive when considering how viciously Apple has treated apps that were even slightly competitive in the past.īut this recent chain of approvals are signs a less greedy Apple is going easier on what constitutes “duplication of functionality.” What’s next, Bittorrent on the iPad? And it looks like it’s keeping it’s word.

VLC APP FOR MAC APP STORE SERIES

On September 9th Apple released a series of guidelines making clear what is and isn’t allowed ( “no fart apps”), and told developers it would consider apps built using whatever languages they wanted including Flash and Java. Yes, the same app store that approved Google Voice and Opera is now giving the thumbs up on an open source multimedia player, an odd reversal from the strict polices of the app store of yesteryear. Does this generous decision on behalf of Apple mean that the kinder gentle App store is here to stay?

Good news for people who think outside the iTunes box, multimedia player VLC hit the Apple store today, meaning you can now play AVI and Quicktime movies without having to convert them to iTunes, and also meaning that the app will presumably be taking at least some eyeball traffic away from the iTunes store.

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