VLC does all sorts of things that are prohibited by the MAS. For a start you wouldn&#x27;t be able to open a video file and have VLC automatically pick up an adjacent subtitles file.<p>A lead VLC dev listed a bunch of the issues here: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=7039737" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=7039737</a><p>I agree about the store app itself being awful