Thank you @zyga for your reply. I think I understand it. I'll sit tight and await the portals integration to finish and make it to 18.04. Then I'll be able to configure snapd to allow vlc to open files under /store (perhaps requiring a patch to vlc to enable the portals cooperation).
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