YouTube app wrenched from next Apple iPhones, iPads YouTube has been unceremoniously dumped from iOS 6, the latest beta version of Apple's mobile operating system reveals. The Google-owned video website's native app for iPhones and iPads is bundled with Cupertino's shiny gadgets, and pops up to play video on behalf of other applications, but this cosy relationship is coming to …
Google Maps.........gone
Youtube................gone
Loads of intigration with Facebook......added
No support for most stuff on ipad 1........done
Yep there is more than enougth reason not to update to version 6, mostly the facebook bits. I DON'T WANT THEM, keep that bunch away from my devices.......
I have a YouTube app on my android phone but I never use it, I just go to the mobile site.
What does the app give you that the mobile site doesn't? It's a streaming video app, if you don't have an internet connection it won't work so why not just use the site? Plus the mobile site should work on all standards compliant devices. I don't get it...
I prefer apps purely because of the hassle of logging in. I quite often flush the browser cache on my droid and ipad (I design and develop websites). Most of my passwords are over 20 chars long of random characters. Also I can leave the app running in the background and not worry about the missus closing the YouTube tab in Safari etc. There are other reasons but they are the main ones. That said it's not a show stopper. I'll change and adapt if needed.
> What does the app give you that the mobile site doesn't?
I have a very cheap Android.
On that, the browser frequently fails to play youTube content for one reason or another. The app hasn't failed, to the best of my recollection.
Of course, the real answer is just to buy a decent Android. But I was skint at the time :-)
Vic.
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