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0 pointsaxlee2y ago0 comments

I think Apple will be a lot more hurt by not having Youtube on their devices than the other way around. Youtube is ubiquitous and has no alternative. If I was Alphabet, the price would be 0.

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halostatue2y ago

Not likely. I haven't had YouTube installed on my device in 18 months (mostly because of Google's insistence on using it as an authentication verifier).

I don't miss it.

hot_gril2y ago

I still don't get the point of that app, aside from a few misc features like Chromecast. YouTube works in-browser.

babypuncher2y ago

YouTube works in browser, but the native iOS app offers a much more polished experience than the mobile web UI, especially for actually browsing the library.

hot_gril2y ago

I'm not so sure about that because it gives them more ways to bother you about stuff.

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unethical_ban2y ago

YouTube's dominance is due to a network effect and the complexity of monetizing and moderating video hosting.

If YouTube pulled itself from iOS devices, a shell company of Apple's would create a competitor in three months.

It would be more likely that Google bundled Chrome and YouTube into one app.

Hell, maybe they'd do that with mail and calendar as well.

JumpCrisscross2y ago

> Youtube is ubiquitous and has no alternative

If it isn’t on iOS it isn’t ubiquitous. It’s left the highest-earning viewers on the table.

radicalbyte2y ago

If Roblox, Youtube and Netflix went Android only then I'd be replacing all of our iPads with Android Tablets post-haste.

JumpCrisscross2y ago

> if Roblox, Youtube and Netflix went Android only then I'd be replacing all of our iPads with Android Tablets post-haste

Sure. Most wouldn’t. YouTube and Netflix would lose tens of billions of present value overnight. Hell, Apple might capture a good fraction of that surplus.

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halostatue2y ago

Not likely. I haven't had YouTube installed on my device in 18 months (mostly because of Google's insistence on using it as an authentication verifier).

I don't miss it.

hot_gril2y ago

I still don't get the point of that app, aside from a few misc features like Chromecast. YouTube works in-browser.

babypuncher2y ago

YouTube works in browser, but the native iOS app offers a much more polished experience than the mobile web UI, especially for actually browsing the library.

hot_gril2y ago

I'm not so sure about that because it gives them more ways to bother you about stuff.

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unethical_ban2y ago

YouTube's dominance is due to a network effect and the complexity of monetizing and moderating video hosting.

If YouTube pulled itself from iOS devices, a shell company of Apple's would create a competitor in three months.

It would be more likely that Google bundled Chrome and YouTube into one app.

Hell, maybe they'd do that with mail and calendar as well.

JumpCrisscross2y ago

> Youtube is ubiquitous and has no alternative

If it isn’t on iOS it isn’t ubiquitous. It’s left the highest-earning viewers on the table.

radicalbyte2y ago

If Roblox, Youtube and Netflix went Android only then I'd be replacing all of our iPads with Android Tablets post-haste.

JumpCrisscross2y ago

> if Roblox, Youtube and Netflix went Android only then I'd be replacing all of our iPads with Android Tablets post-haste

Sure. Most wouldn’t. YouTube and Netflix would lose tens of billions of present value overnight. Hell, Apple might capture a good fraction of that surplus.

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