After some benchmarks, the performance seems to be unaffected by the change.
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ static VLCLibrary * sharedLibrary = nil;
vlcParams = @[@"--no-color",
@"--no-osd",
@"--no-video-title-show",
- @"--no-stats",
@"--no-snapshot-preview",
@"--http-reconnect",
#ifndef NOSCARYCODECS