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Google Blocks YouTube App On Windows Phone (Again)

Posted by samzenpus on from the can't-we-all-just-get-along dept.

dhavleak writes "From Gizmodo: Earlier today, the Microsoft-built YouTube app for Windows Phone was unceremoniously disabled by Google. These kind of little inter-corporate kerfuffles happen from time to time, and usually resolve themselves without screwing too many users. But boy, Microsoft didn't take it quietly."

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  1. Jesus H. Christ Luvs Microsoft by MightyMartian · · Score: 5, Funny

    "But boy, Microsoft didn't take it quietly."

    Good for Microsoft, defending all eight of its Windows Phone customers.

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    The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
  2. Re:Only relevant line by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    Even funnier, Microsoft says

    "There was one sticking point in the collaboration. Google asked us to transition our app to a new coding language – HTML5... At the end of the day, experts from both companies recognized that building a YouTube app based on HTML5 would be technically difficult and time consuming,"

    So one of the largest software companies in the world can't code an app to display content from a web page in HTML5?

    Maybe they should hire some people who've moved past VBA or consider getting out of the business?