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?

    • sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al
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      2 years ago

      They’ve not updated it there either though. It seems to be less of a case of can’t update Android and more of a case of won’t update Android

      • bionicjoey@lemmy.ca
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        2 years ago

        What exactly is the issue preventing them from updating the Android version?

        Also, if that’s the case, it sounds like “App stores were a mistake” is a bit misleading, since the particular app store isnt the problem.

        • sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al
          1·
          2 years ago

          Basically, modern app stores have changed how they work and now require the signing keys, VLC feel this is a bad thing and refuse to update. Banks are okay with it, but VLC feel more strongly than banks.

          • taladar@sh.itjust.works
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            2 years ago

            Banks are okay with it, but VLC feel more strongly than banks.

            I mean banks are known for horrible security practices all around so that makes perfect sense.

      • deweydecibel@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 years ago

        From their Twitter:

        If you wonder why we can’t update the VLC on Android version, it’s because Google refuses to let us update:

        • either we give them our private signing keys,
        • or we drop support for Android TV before API-30, and all our users on TV API<30 can’t get fixes.

        It’s not much, just dozens of millions of people use Android TV before Android-11…

        Maybe we should tell users to buy new TVs? #electronicWaste

        I can’t speak to why they’re not updating on FDroid but seeing as how it’s much more difficult to get people to use FDroid on Android TV, I don’t think it will help them with that issue anyway.

        • stoy@lemmy.zip
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          2 years ago

          Google requiring their private signing key is insane, and goes completely against the concept of private/public keys.

          Why is Google asking for this?

          • Synnr@sopuli.xyz
            1·
            2 years ago

            See also: NSA PRISM

            Member when all the companies listed released a PR statement within 24 hours of each other, all very basic and denied allowing the NSA direct access to their users?

            I member.

  • batman without ears@sh.itjust.works
    2·
    2 years ago

    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.

  • Scolding0513@sh.itjust.works
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    2 years 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

  • haui@lemmy.giftedmc.com
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    2 years ago

    Reading this I remembered that stupid apple is now forced to let us sideload on iphones. I just kicked off the ios update to enable it.