In our world of expensive streaming platforms, the very free and offline VLC media player, developed by the non-profit VideoLAN, has crossed 7 billion downloads across all platforms. Jean-Baptiste Kempf, the president and lead developer of VLC, sent this update in an email. This milestone comes almost 18 months after the app breached the 6 billion download mark in January 2025 . Kempf mentioned that the company recently ported VLC to Amazon’s new Vega OS for TVs. The company said it is al…
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