Quite a few of us are running jailbroken devices, and can run just about anything we please.
Additionally, it costs a one time $100 charge to become an Apple developer (assuming you already have a mac), and then you can deploy everything even without a jailbreak. Given that a new device costs upward of $650 (let's ignore "subsidies" here), another $100 to get locally "open" the device is, for some of us, a reasonable expense.
> it costs a one time $100 charge to become an Apple developer
Just a nitpick, $100 per year last I checked, hardly a 'one time charge.'
Re:VLC for iOS Now Available (itunes link)
by lechevalierd3on on Friday July 19, 2013 @11:46AM
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You can submit patches to get a feature you want.
Why ? You're running on a "closed" device with a closed OS where software can only be installed from one place. How can OSS be important here ?
I would think free is important for the end users...but OSS ? Neah..