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Did the devs of VLC on the App Store forgot to rename the app differently from the iOS / iPadOS app? Or you can't really do that with Apple's Universal apps on the App Store management portal?

I know this is a minor thing, but it makes me cringe, seeing the name "for Mobile" on a TV App Store platform. It really is not appropriate.
Moreover, renaming it is just an easy minor thing to do by the devs. More consistency, much better for the brand recognition, the product, and the open source development name.

Solution suggestion :

Lastly, I would suggest that we just rename the app on the App Store, and streamline the branding name on the App Stores: from the desktop apps, to the mobile apps as following :
• Desktop - VLC Media Player
• iOS / iPadOS / tvOS / watchOS? - VLC Media player
• Android / Android TV / - VLC Media Player

Note : I would suggest that the app name (launcher name), across these platforms would be just : VLC

Apple’s does allow a single name only and back then we didn’t want to call it “VLC media player” because it didn’t have all the features... we will unify this in the future.