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YouTube App Removed From iOS 6 Beta4

Posted by samzenpus on from the you're-outta-here dept.

TrueSatan writes "iOS 6 beta 4 has removed the YouTube application that existed on iOS since the first version in 2007. Apple confirmed that YouTube is gone from iOS 6. Google is apparently building its own app saying: 'Our license to include the YouTube app in iOS has ended, customers can use YouTube in the Safari browser and Google is working on a new YouTube app to be on the App Store.'"

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  1. Re:thank god by mwfischer · · Score: 5, Funny

    What about the other 51 apps you probably have on your phone that you used once? /also guilty

  2. Re:Downward Spiral by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    But I live in Antarctica you insensitive clod!.

  3. Good by MrDoh! · · Score: 5, Insightful

    These devices should come with the basic app market/store and as little else as possible. When signing up, offer the basics, browser/email, and a list of suggested good to haves, but the lighter these things are on base install, the better. Ok, might be a pain for some people getting a device that's 'empty' and needs 5 mins of installing before it's considered useful, but sure would make upgrades easier later with having no apps baked in.

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  4. Re:Glad to be an Android user.... by shutdown+-p+now · · Score: 5, Insightful

    In this case, the change is actually for the better as far as you are concerned, then - where previously YouTube was a stock iOS app, and, as such, unremovable, Now it's going to be just another app published by Google via App Store, so you can decide whether to install it or not.

  5. I don't see a problem here. by westlake · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The proper place for Hulu, YouTube, Netflix, and all the rest would seem to be as optional downloads from the iOS App Store.

    The only fair alternatives are to pre-load all competing media players and give them the same prominence as iTunes or introduce a purely bureaucratic solution like the European "browser ballot" for media play.

  6. Re:Does there need to be an app for everything? by magamiako1 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Part of the reason for 'having an app' is for native performance on the hardware itself. Even Facebook is making a native app on iOS.

    Source: http://www.theverge.com/2012/6/27/3120964/facebook-objective-c-app

  7. Re:Glad to be an Android user.... by Desler · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Then just download the new app when it hits the store and shut the fuck up. This is a change only in that the Youtube app is no longer unremovable from the system which was a stupid idea.

  8. Re:Downward Spiral by Cinder6 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    YouTube made lots of sense when the iPhone first came out. Back then, youtube.com didn't work properly in Safari--the app was necessary to even watch YouTube videos. Since then, support was added and the .app never received much in the way of updates. This move is actually a good thing. Just go to youtube.com/mobile and tap "add it to the homescreen".

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