Sandboxing troubles: MPlayerX leaves Mac App Store

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The developer of MplayerX is quitting the Mac App Store over Apple’s (s AAPL) sandboxing rules (hat tip to Slashdot), which are supposed to provide additional security by limiting what kind of system resources apps have access to. Zongyao QU, whose application is based on the Linux video player MPlayer, announced on his site that the step comes after “arguing with Apple over three months.” His…

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