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> Google doesn't censor information that hurts Google's interests. I challenge you to find a Chrome extension in the Chrome web store that lets you download Yo
by pilsetnieks 11y ago
> Google doesn't censor information that hurts Google's interests.
I challenge you to find a Chrome extension in the Chrome web store that lets you download Youtube videos. Does Google allow, say, Amazon app store app in the Play store?
Apple doesn't have a search engine of it's own so I cannot point you to search results showing how to use other software instead of Apple's but do you really think they would censor the results of a search engine? The comparison is irrelevant.
What about that time when Google banned Disconnect from the Play store? [1] Meanwhile Apple actually built a way to create content filters into the OS and actively promotes them in the App Store.
I'm not saying that Apple is without fault, certainly not, but neither of the big companies are a shining beacon of enlightenment, and every one of them operates out of self-interest.
[1] http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2411562/google-slapped-with-android-antitrust-complaint-over-banned-anti-malware-app http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2411562/google-slap...
- JoshTriplett 11y ago> I challenge you to find a Chrome extension in the Chrome web store that lets you download Youtube videos. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/search/youtube%20downloader?_category=extensions https://chrome.google.com/webstore/search/youtube%20download...
- pilsetnieks 11y agoYou just linked to a search result page where there is only one extension with 57 reviews that purports to be able to do that. It's liable to get pulled if it gets any more popular. Every other app is just a generic video downloader and many explicitly mention that they cannot download youtube videos due to Chrome store restrictions.
- sangnoir 11y ago> It's liable to get pulled if it gets any more popular Seems to me like instead of conceding that your challenge has been met, you are changing the goalposts.
- Dylan16807 11y agoThey regularly get pulled. Wanting an app that is going to still exist in a week is not moving the goalposts. The point is that the rules have removed all good apps with those features from the store.
- Dr_tldr 11y agoIn other words, someone found exactly what you said didn't exist, and now you're moving the goalposts?
- collyw 11y agopretty much what I was thinking
- panarky 11y ago> I challenge you to find a Chrome extension in the Chrome web store that lets you download Youtube videos Are there _any_ Chrome extensions that allow downloading _any_ streaming content, from _any_ source, not just YouTube? For example, does Chrome allow extensions that save streams from Pandora, or Hulu, or Reuters, or Facebook Video? Seems to me this policy is enforced equally, it doesn't favor Google properties or exclude competitors. The Chrome developer agreement states that these extensions are prohibited: infringes on the intellectual property rights of others enables the unauthorized download of streaming content or media https://developer.chrome.com/webstore/terms https://developer.chrome.com/webstore/terms
- pilsetnieks 11y agoI don't know, this here seems pretty popular: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/video-downloader-professi/elicpjhcidhpjomhibiffojpinpmmpil https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/video-downloader-p... It doesn't work with the sites you mentioned, at least not with Reuters or Facebook but it does work with many others. Why is, for example, Vimeo fair game for this extension but Youtube isn't?