OP said &quot;these apps&quot; in reply to an article that mostly talks about apps that aren&#x27;t possible (or would become extremely clumsy to use) through the MAS (VLC[0], uTorrent[1], Hopper, Sequel Pro, Sketch[1])<p>A lot of apps violate the MAS limitations in ways people don&#x27;t realise. There are people in this thread claiming that VLC would fit within the MAS model even though it can&#x27;t (at least not without ditching a lot of features).<p>Even if an app fits inside the limitations today, it may not in the future, and migrating away from the MAS is a huge hassle. It&#x27;s also possible for the limitations to change so apps that are allowed now may not be in the future meaning those apps can&#x27;t be updated at all, which is something that has already happened.<p>[0] <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>[1] as far as I know torrent apps are banned from the store<p>[2] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.sketchapp.com&#x2F;post&#x2F;134322691555&#x2F;leaving-the-mac-app-store" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.sketchapp.com&#x2F;post&#x2F;134322691555&#x2F;leaving-the-mac-...</a>