And that could be when we really start seeing some backlash. VLC to iTunes Converter is a powerful application to convert flash video-FLV to QuickTime MOV, MPEG-4, H.264, DV, QT, and 3GP format. Apple's forthcoming App Store for OS X 10.7 may wind up posing exactly the same problems, as it promises to use exactly the same account-based model to sync applications across devices.And it would probably have to offer Android or another platform a serious competitive advantage to get Apple to change that. Without allowing sideloading or some alternate manner of distribution through the app store that respects the terms of the various open-source licenses under which these projects were developed and released, there's a whole class of really interesting, powerful, well-known projects that may never see mobile versions on Apple's platforms. There are serious problems with trying to port open-source projects to iOS, even as free applications.Even if you get VLC now, it could break after iOS 4.2 is released (some folks are already documenting problems with the beta) and the developers would have no way to update it.The easiest thing Apple can do to resolve this is pull the app, and I doubt they'll dither. If you want to grab VLC for iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch, get it now.
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