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> My strong belief is they want apps because they can spam you with notifications to get your attention. I believe the same about the Youtube App, I just can't
by brabel 3mo ago
> My strong belief is they want apps because they can spam you with notifications to get your attention.
I believe the same about the Youtube App, I just can't see why else it exists and I hate the video links try to open in the app if you're not careful!
- smallpipe 3mo agoCasting from the web doesn’t work (on iOS at least) but that’s all I can think of.
- echoangle 3mo agoAirPlay should work for every native video element, or do you mean something like chromecast?
- jorisw 3mo agoYouTube obfuscates the native video by removing the controls. Vinegar is a Safari extension that fixes that on iOS and macOS. May exist for other browsers as well.
- craftkiller 3mo agoChromecast from desktop chromium works, so there's no reason they couldn't make the universal turing machine in my pocket do the same.
- reddalo 3mo agoDesktop Chromium is Chrome. iOS Chrome is just Safari with a different interface. Apple doesn't let other browsers use their own engine on iOS (unless you are located in the EU).
- craftkiller 3mo ago> iOS Chrome is just Safari with a different interface uhh wow. How did Microsoft face antitrust lawsuits for merely bundling IE when Apple is literally forcing their browser?
- Gander5739 3mo agoDue to EU regulation, you can use a different browser engine in the EU (and I think Japan too), but thus far none have been developed (it's too much work to maintain two versions of the browser).
- spogbiper 3mo agoi've often wondered how Apple gets away with things like this, I guess its because they never gained the marketshare that Microsoft had
- LoganDark 3mo agoApps are also more difficult to intercept and modify on most devices. Companies like them because it means you can't use ad blockers or other privacy tools. It's also why they flip out so outrageously when Apple adds privacy tools at the operating system level, because tracking and abuse are most of the reason why apps are useful to them in the first place.
- jaffa2 3mo agouninstall the app. my life is much better since i uninstalled most apps and I just use the web pages these days. To take ONE benefit from not using the youtube app, and instead using a browser: I can open more than one video at once.
- IIsi50MHz 3mo ago> can open more than one video at once. And a nice side-effect of that is that YouTube doesn't throw away the list of other videos on the page you came from!
- ForHackernews 3mo agoNewPipe mostly works except when Google breaks it.
- dizhn 3mo agoThere's nothing sinister there. Google is merely trying to break their own app in new user hostile ways and everything else breaking is collateral damage. :)
- cube00 3mo ago> I hate the video links try to open in the app if you're not careful! Uninstall (disable) the app, YouTube on Firefox mobile is fine.