@simon_brooke
I agree switch away from Ubuntu for that craz, thing. And switch away from snaps, it's an Ubuntu ploy invention, too. The proper alternative that also works on Ubuntu for now would be to install the #flatpak from. #Flathub here, or really works cross-distros (unlike snap):

And surprise, you get updates for free there: https://flathub.org/apps/org.videolan.VLC
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