Yeah, my understanding was that they wanted much more information than is available through the Youtube API, presumably because the Youtube API was not designed

Yeah, my understanding was that they wanted much more information than is available through the Youtube API, presumably because the Youtube API was not designed to make a full Youtube client replacement, complete with the ability to "search for video categories, find favorites, see ratings, and so forth". It's not clear to me why a phone vendor would be entitled to an API that provided that information, especially if theres a mobile web client available (that you don't get redirected from). I understand why a phone vendor would want it, but if Samsung started saying that their new Tizen deserved access to a more fully featured Youtube API, would they be getting any press?