Apple's removal of built-in YouTube iOS app contributes to tripling of mobile ad sales

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  • Reply 41 of 52
    seanie248seanie248 Posts: 182member
    "plus it threw iOS users under the bus"

    explain??? Really confused by that. Baffled actually
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  • Reply 42 of 52
    dasanman69dasanman69 Posts: 13,002member
    seanie248 wrote: »
    "plus it threw iOS users under the bus"

    explain??? Really confused by that. Baffled actually

    Where you were once protected you now aren't. As a native app Google had to agree to Apple's terms, no ads and more privacy. Now each user has to agree to Google's term individually which means ads and less privacy.
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  • Reply 43 of 52
    tallest skiltallest skil Posts: 43,388member


    Originally Posted by dasanman69 View Post

    Their track record. iTunes for Windows manages a iDevice. It would've been phenomenally stupid of them no not make a windows version and they wouldn't be the company they are today without it, but Safari never gained much traction. A good amount of youtube videos are viewed on a mobile device and seeing as how there's no iTunes for Android I doubt they'd make a video app for it either.


     


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    Originally Posted by dasanman69 View Post

    Now each user has to agree to Google's term individually which means ads and less privacy.


     


    It's Google. There's no privacy in the first place.

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  • Reply 44 of 52
    dasanman69dasanman69 Posts: 13,002member
    It's Google. There's no privacy in the first place.

    Though I don't see a connection that dancing goal post is hilarious.
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  • Reply 45 of 52
    crowleycrowley Posts: 10,453member


    Seems like a good outcome for almost everyone.


     


    Google get to sell scuzzy ads


    Apple aren't associated with scuzzy ads


    Users get to choose if they want to install an app that shows them scuzzy ads.


    Users who don't give a carp about YouTube doesn't have to suffer it being on their device by default.


     


    The only people who don't benefit are those who want a YouTube app with no ads.  But I don't have much sympathy for free-riders.

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  • Reply 46 of 52
    anantksundaramanantksundaram Posts: 20,418member

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by dasanman69 View Post


    Their track record. iTunes for Windows manages a iDevice. It would've been phenomenally stupid of them no not make a windows version and they wouldn't be the company they are today without it, but Safari never gained much traction. A good amount of youtube videos are viewed on a mobile device and seeing as how there's no iTunes for Android I doubt they'd make a video app for it either.


    OK. Thanks for confirming that it was a stupid question you had asked in the first place.

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  • Reply 47 of 52
    dasanman69dasanman69 Posts: 13,002member
    OK. Thanks for confirming that it was a stupid question you had asked in the first place.

    Happy to oblige.
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  • Reply 48 of 52
    yensid98yensid98 Posts: 313member


    I'm most likely in the minority, but once YouTube was taken out of iOS, I only watch their videos the the Apple TV app.  It's still ad free.  If the Apple TV app is ever done away with I'll just stop watching things on YouTube all together.  I have zero interest in watching ads.

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  • Reply 49 of 52
    tallest skiltallest skil Posts: 43,388member


    Originally Posted by yensid98 View Post

    I'm most likely in the minority, but once YouTube was taken out of iOS, I only watch their videos the the Apple TV app.  It's still ad free.  If the Apple TV app is ever done away with I'll just stop watching things on YouTube all together.  I have zero interest in watching ads.


     


    AdBlock on the desktop blocks all YouTube ads, even the ones before videos, when combined with Click2Flash.

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  • Reply 50 of 52
    robin huberrobin huber Posts: 4,082member

    It's Google. There's no privacy in the first place.
    I predict a revolution in the re-popularity of handwritten snail mail.
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  • Reply 51 of 52
    droidftwdroidftw Posts: 1,009member

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Tallest Skil View Post


     


    It's Google. There's no privacy in the first place.



     


    Kind of funny that this was posted the day before the PRISM scandal was leaked.

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  • Reply 52 of 52
    hill60hill60 Posts: 6,992member
    AdBlock on the desktop blocks all YouTube ads, even the ones before videos, when combined with Click2Flash.

    Changing the www. to nsfw. before a YouTube clip on the desktop means you don't have to log in to "verify your age" on age restricted clips

    I logged out of everything Google and deleted all their programs on my MacBook months ago.
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