Another thing that irks me is the inconsistency of VLC's UX/UI from Windows/Linux and MacOS. In my experience, VLC on MacOS feels rather unpolished compared to

Another thing that irks me is the inconsistency of VLC's UX/UI from Windows/Linux and MacOS. In my experience, VLC on MacOS feels rather unpolished compared to the Windows/Linux variants (maybe because they're using Qt and MacOS presumably isn't) but I've generally always have had a smoother experience with VLC on Windows and Linux as opposed to Mac from everything from playing local files to streaming over the network.