Lovers spat surely ?
Perhaps not
Microsoft has issued an update to its YouTube app for Windows Phone 8 that addresses some of Google's concerns over the earlier version, but not all of them. Google's streaming-video division sent Microsoft a takedown request for the earlier version of the app last week, claiming that it violated YouTube's terms of use by …
[...]disable the app for customers who have already downloaded it."
Yes, that's what I want from my so-called smartphone - OS creator disabling applications I installed. Bah. I clearly remember that on N95 I didn't even need to download any "apps" to view Youtube videos, the preinstalled player handled it just fine. Software is going backwards :-/
Yep, the original YouTube player is very basic and, like the original iOS app is a long way behind the times. Apple canned that one and Google made a new app with modern features.
They don't want to do that on WP8, so Microsoft did it themselves, using the APIs that they allegedly had access to (i.e. not the advertising API, as they were pulling feeds from the mobile site, which doesn't do adverts). They were also a bit naughty by allowing users to "cache" the videos for offline viewing - a useful feature, if you are about to get on a 10 hour flight!
Tripe? Really, I take it you don't develop applications, the established user base is "slightly" critical as a potential market.
http://www.zdnet.com/android-accounts-for-74-percent-of-smartphones-sold-in-q1-samsung-reigns-7000015335/
Gartner's figures for Q1 still show Win Pho behind RIM though more like a seventh of iOS.
I had to read that twice, assume it should be "...cheerily observes that it can't wait..."?
One thing I don't get; I thought the first rule of web app security was 'never trust the client', so why would Google have to ask MS nicely to please insert ads or implement controls?
I get that Google want to float targeted adverts and not force them to be part of the content stream, but guess they can simply turn off the API for MS clients, so MS don't really have a lot of room to refuse any demands if they want to produce a custom app for YouTube.
Is this really a WP8 app only issue? Would have thought MS would have provided a YouTube app on W8/W8RT as well.
WinPhone doesn't need a Google Maps app. The Nokia one is free and better, with proper offline capability not the rather rubbish Google version which requires you to cache specific areas in advance and then still usually ends up wanting to use a data connection to actually find your starting point.
"WinPhone doesn't need a Google Maps app. The Nokia one is free and better"
While I'm a big fan of offline map use, it really is about getting you to your destination (and preferably the actual destination you were intending). Much as I dislike feeding the spymasters, there's nothing that comes close to Google Maps for getting you where you want to be.
Wouldn't you at least like the choice on your Win Phone? Or maybe you know where to find the good astroturf shops.
My 820 using Here Drive and Here Maps is as good as my Oregon400 in the car. OK, on the hillside the map quality on the Oregon is better, but for location even on the uplands the Nokia is damn good.
Not done any comparison to Google Maps but as the Nokia consistently gets me to where I want to go to, in many European countries, in this case good enough is perfectly good enough.
I wonder if I wrote a skype client for Linux that removed the advertising would Microsoft mind ?
I could use the excuse that Microsoft has consistently given Linux users a poorer application as opposed to other platforms.
I of course would call it Skype and use the official Skype logo as well.
Note that Google's hands are rather tied on this point. The only reason they have not lost their lawsuit from Viacom and been sued into oblivion is that they provide with ContentID a way for copyright owners to automatically show ads against their videos uploaded by users. They are simply not allowed to show these videos without ads.
If google would play nice with Microsoft there would be no issue here. If you look at recent history though you should take into account the changes google forced with synchronization, the fact that there is no google YouTube app, the fact there is no google maps for windows phone etc. Ohh the fact they have continuously changed various api's to temporarily disable 3rd party WP apps as well.
I have the original YouTube app created by MS will not be updating it unless necessary as I can download content and have no ads :)