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I think Windows Phone has shown that "Google/Alphabet/YT would make apps for that platform too" is far from true.

pas 7y ago
Why and how? You can look at the difference between iOS and WP. Since iOS was a big market Google wanted [and wants] to be in they made the YT app. And since WP was small and late to the game Google had the upper hand, because MS wanted any users more than G wanted the small number of WP users. https://www.theverge.com/2013/5/7/4308662/youtube-windows-phone-app https://www.theverge.com/2013/5/7/4308662/youtube-windows-ph... Therefore if there were a credible new platform that Google wants to be on, they will develop the necessary apps.
- laken 7y ago
  and only a few months later, this happened: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/appsblog/2013/aug/15/google-disables-windows-phone-youtube-app https://www.theguardian.com/technology/appsblog/2013/aug/15/... After August 2013, there was never an official YouTube app for Windows Phone.
rchaud 7y ago
The issue with Windows Phone was that it was a Microsoft venture, and Google was already paying MS around $5 in license fees for every activated Android device [0]. They weren't in any hurry to make WP more competitive by offering a Youtube app. I had a WP device in 2011, and there were third party apps (MetroTube I think) that were like Newpipe in that you could watching and download YT videos for offline viewing. Not surprisingly, Google changed their APIs and broke the download capability. That said, Google didn't build third-party YT apps for BB10 or WebOS either. [0] https://www.computerworld.com/article/2475440/microsoft-gets--2-billion-a-year-in-android-patent-fees--really-.html https://www.computerworld.com/article/2475440/microsoft-gets...
- pas 7y ago
  Because platforms were not lucrative for G compared to how big of a barrier to entry the lack of YT meant for those platforms.

pas 7y ago

Why and how? You can look at the difference between iOS and WP. Since iOS was a big market Google wanted [and wants] to be in they made the YT app. And since WP was small and late to the game Google had the upper hand, because MS wanted any users more than G wanted the small number of WP users. https://www.theverge.com/2013/5/7/4308662/youtube-windows-phone-app https://www.theverge.com/2013/5/7/4308662/youtube-windows-ph... Therefore if there were a credible new platform that Google wants to be on, they will develop the necessary apps.

laken 7y ago
and only a few months later, this happened: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/appsblog/2013/aug/15/google-disables-windows-phone-youtube-app https://www.theguardian.com/technology/appsblog/2013/aug/15/... After August 2013, there was never an official YouTube app for Windows Phone.

rchaud 7y ago

The issue with Windows Phone was that it was a Microsoft venture, and Google was already paying MS around $5 in license fees for every activated Android device [0]. They weren't in any hurry to make WP more competitive by offering a Youtube app. I had a WP device in 2011, and there were third party apps (MetroTube I think) that were like Newpipe in that you could watching and download YT videos for offline viewing. Not surprisingly, Google changed their APIs and broke the download capability. That said, Google didn't build third-party YT apps for BB10 or WebOS either. [0] https://www.computerworld.com/article/2475440/microsoft-gets--2-billion-a-year-in-android-patent-fees--really-.html https://www.computerworld.com/article/2475440/microsoft-gets...

pas 7y ago
Because platforms were not lucrative for G compared to how big of a barrier to entry the lack of YT meant for those platforms.