YouTube
not long ago, stumbled on to Windows Phone 8 as a great complete app, but the
app's exposure might be short-lived. Based on documents gathered by a certain
blog, Google demanded that Microsoft take away the app out of the Windows Phone
Store, also render useless installations on Windows Phone 8 smartphones,
immediately.
The main reason? According to document the application did not get
uncle Goog's stamp of approval prior to going live, and it stops the ads that
typically operate on YouTube. In all fairness, ads are a significant supply of
capital for both Google and many third parties, so Mountain View might not be
might not be exaggerating with the demands. And that's not the sole strike
against Redmond: based on the cease and desist letter, YouTube on Windows Phone
8 lets users actually download the videos to the device, as well as streaming
certain videos that has been marked as restricted on certain devices.
Well, and all of the above disclosed details violate YT ToS. Google is issuing
a deadline that ends on May the 22nd to eliminate the app, we are pretty
sure this is not the final word you will hear about this subject.
Updated
news: Microsoft has
answered. We've the entire statement from Microsoft's spokesperson bellow.
"YouTube
is consistently one of the top apps downloaded by smartphone users on all
platforms, but Google has refused to work with us to develop an app on par with
other platforms. Since we updated the YouTube app to ensure our mutual
customers a similar YouTube experience, ratings and feedback have been
overwhelmingly positive. We'd be more than happy to include advertising but
need Google to provide us access to the necessary APIs. In light of Larry
Page's comments today calling for more interoperability and less negativity, we
look forward to solving this matter together for our mutual customers."
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