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Google blocked it because Microsoft added in a feature that would skip the ads that play before vidoes. This broke Google's TOS, so Google revoked Microsoft's k
by chipperyman573 9y ago
Google blocked it because Microsoft added in a feature that would skip the ads that play before vidoes. This broke Google's TOS, so Google revoked Microsoft's key.
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- brudgers 9y agoYoutube would not work in Windows Phone 7's version of Internet Explorer either. Odds are it didn't affect you at the time.
- abrowne 9y agoDidn't they also block other services, like Google Maps, too? (IIRC there were webview wrapper apps that faked the user-agent.)
- brudgers 9y agoI think Maps was still usable through the browser unlike YouTube. And I don't think there was ever an official Maps app. At the time Microsoft's own maps were about as good...or rather Maps was often equally bad in equally surprising ways.
- norlys 9y agoIt wasn't working. At least on my device MS edge became super buggy and unusable whenever I went to maps.
- flukus 9y agoWas youtube still flash based at the time? If so then that would make sense.
- brudgers 9y agoIt had been serving it the WP7 app until Google started blocking it. At the same time Google blocked the WP7 browser on YouTube. There was nothing technical. Google was still serving up YouTube videos to iPhones.