5 ms·
This is actually a really GOOD development. It means the current app, which was made by Apple for iOS 1 and barely updated, can now be replaced by a Google-mad
by rkudeshi 14y ago
This is actually a really GOOD development.
It means the current app, which was made by Apple for iOS 1 and barely updated, can now be replaced by a Google-made YouTube app available in the App Store.
The new app will presumably also support all of YouTube's new features since 2007, notably videos with ads (i.e. music videos).
Remember, the only reason the app was ever built-in is because the App Store didn't exist on the first iPhone. Separating it into the App Store will also make it easier to update regularly (see Apple's own iBooks app).
I wrote more about this in my wish list for iOS 6:
http://raviudeshi.com/2012/06/ios-6 http://raviudeshi.com/2012/06/ios-6
- Tyrannosaurs 14y agoThe other reason it was built in was at the time YouTube videos were all flash and it was too big a site for Apple to ignore.
- shinratdr 14y agoThat was the reason Apple offered it in the first place, it's not the reason it was built in and updated with the OS.
- Macha 14y agoYouTube for Android doesn't support at least some videos with ads (vevo and what not), because the content owners specifically block it on mobile (maybe so they can push their own apps?), so don't get your hopes up too high.
- notJim 14y agoYeah, this seems quite common with music videos.
- deleted 14y ago[deleted]