VLC is blacklisting recent Huawei devices to combat negative app reviews

Some newer Huawei phones are actively being blocked from installing the open-source VLC media player app from Google Play. VLC’s developers announced today that they’re blacklisting some of Huawei’s devices after unhappy users left too many one-star reviews for the app. But the negative reviews stem from a decision on Huawei’s part and has nothing to do with VLC.
The negative reviews are a result of Huawei’s aggressive battery management and tendency to kill backgr