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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. Only relevant line by ShieldW0lf · · Score: 5, Informative

    "Google claims that one problem with our new app is that it doesn’t always serve ads based on conditions imposed by content creators."

    Nothing more needed to be said. The rest of the article is manipulation.

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  2. Re:Boo by symbolset · · Score: 5, Informative

    Microsoft's CEO has sworn to "fucking kill Google", saying "I've done it before and I can do it again." He's spending several billion dollars a year on that effort, historically more than $16 Billion if you include aQuantive. He's spending several billion dollars a year on the Google-bashing campaign. It's not like Microsoft is some random developer here innocently trying to get their app to work.

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