Two years after it was pulled due to licensing issues, VLC makes its comeback to the app store as a free universal app
Two years after it was pulled due to licensing issues, VLC makes its comeback to the app store as a free universal app. The new VLC brings faster performance, media syncing over Wi-Fi, via Dropbox, and more, and support for network streams, video filters, and subtitle rendering.
VLC is available for free in the app store ( not available in the US yet )
If, for some reason, you missed the VLC train, worry no more because Ryan Petrich is hosting the app on his beta repo in Cydia. Let’s see how to get it…
Apple has removed VLC from the App Store after receiving a formal notification of copyright infringement from VLC developers. The notification of infringement was filed because Apple’s iTunes Terms and Conditions don’t allow users to install both free and paid apps on more than 5 devices. This goes against the original GNU license VLC’s code is based on.
If, for some reason, you missed the VLC train, worry no more because Ryan Petrich is hosting the app on his beta repo in Cydia. Let’s see how to get it…
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