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Microsoft YouTube App Strips Ads; Adds Download

Posted by timothy on from the when-companies-compete dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft appears to be sticking a finger in Google's eye with the launch of its new YouTube app for Windows Phone. The app, ReadWrite has confirmed, strips out YouTube ads when it plays back videos and allows users to easily download video by way of a prominent 'download' button."

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  1. Re:Going to hurt videos available at some point by kllrnohj · · Score: 1, Troll

    This is *my* computer, you have absolutely no control over it.

    This argument is fucking idiotic. If you take your own bag to the store and pack it full of stuff, do you bitch when security stops you from walking out? "But it's MY BAG!". Or how about if a cop gives you a ticket for speeding? "but it's MY CAR". If your boss decides not to pay you, I'm fairly sure he will be unable to convince you not to sue his ass by claiming "but it's my office!"

    Yes, it is your computer. But it's not your content. Content you are using said computer to pirate. Ignoring the legal aspects, that makes you an asshole, plain and simple. Maybe you're fine being an asshole, I don't know. But grow up and own the fact that you're an asshole instead of this whiny bullshit about "my computer!"