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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?
Fdroid is the obvious answer me thinks. Anyway love you guys/gals at videolan still haven't come across a piece of software that destroys every other in its field in every aspect.
Dear VLC, in your download section there is the F-Droid app store option which I consider a good thing.
p.s. Why are you still posting on Twitter ??? On your website I see two buttons Facebook and Twitter. Time for a change ?
With Play App Signing, Google manages and protects your app's signing key for you and uses it to sign optimized, distribution APKs that are generated from your app bundles
You can use google's play app signing. It's not mandatory.
I've scrolled through the F-Droid repositories in Droidify app and see that VLC does not have their own F-Droid repository ? They could create one, and set up mirrors for it, think of a way to cover the hosting costs, why not ?
Making yourself depend on Apple and Google and saying that app stores were a mistake feels wrong.
So install and updated it without going through the store apps ... you can download all the installers directly from their website. Absolute non-issue.
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.