the developer was OK with the App Store, but a 3rd party threatened to sue Apple so Apple pulled the app.
This statement is bogus. 3rd parties cannot sue under copyright law. VLC is developed by multiple parties, some of whom wanted VLC in the app store & others who didn't.
Portraying this as Apple & VLC vs the FSF is a misrepresentation of the situation.
Anybody that would consider her being a hate-monger is out of touch with reality.
It's difficult to asses how much the difference between instruction sets
I don't know how asses even come into play here.
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