is country limitation VLC's fault or Google Play's?

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is country limitation VLC's fault or Google Play's?

Postby cellocgw » 19 Oct 2012 18:15

I can't D/L VLC from GooglePlay because it tells me the app is not allowed in my country. I'm guessing this is because I have a Chinese (Onda vi40) tablet, even though I'm sitting in the good old USA, as is my Google account. Does anyone know whether this is a bug at VLC's end or at Google's place? Identifying a device's location (country) by the manufacturer and/or the version of Android installed is clearly incorrect.

thanks for any help.

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Re: is country limitation VLC's fault or Google Play's?

Postby etix » 20 Oct 2012 10:13

It's based on the device location.
VLC for Android is currently not distributed in the US for various reasons. Probably later this year though…
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Re: is country limitation VLC's fault or Google Play's?

Postby arromdee » 23 Oct 2012 22:41

If it's not there because of US patent problems, I think we've got a while to wait....


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