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>If you actually read the article, you'd see the issue is not dislike of WP. The issue is that Microsoft is stripping off the ads that fund Youtube and its cont

>If you actually read the article, you'd see the issue is not dislike of WP. The issue is that Microsoft is stripping off the ads that fund Youtube and its content, in violation the YouTube ToS. It also includes a button that allows people to download videos which is, again, a violation of the ToS. Crossposting my own comment from another thread. So, for years, Google's stated reason for lack of a Youtube client was that Windows Phone didn't have enough marketshare, and now suddenly it has so many users that it loses so many ad impressions because Microsoft's Youtube that the content creators are suffering because all the millions of freeloaders using Windows Phone? i.e It doesn't care enough for the ad impressions on Windows Phone to itself make an app , but when MS does, the loss of the same revenue is the reason for sending the lawyers in and pulling the app?

ok_craig 13y ago
YouTube users make a living off the ads. It is just as much about their rights. Google is the only one who can defend this on their behalf, and they should, down to the platforms with only 1 user.
pyre 13y ago
So, when Microsoft's IP is infringed (patents, etc), it's a tragedy. When Google's (or its partner's) IP is infringed it's something sinister. Gotcha.
- mortehu 13y ago
  Are you suggesting that software patents are as worthwhile as videos and music?
aeturnum 13y ago
One decision about TOS enforcement affects their ability to attack other TOS violations. If you don't enforce your TOS consistently, you open yourself to exactly the sort of anti-competitive charges MS users are leveling against Google.
invisible 13y ago
Any amount of loss due to not following the Terms of Service is grounds for terminating usage. Those same users that are not watching the ad could instead be watching the ad on the web and making them ad revenue. Your logic is so flawed.

ok_craig 13y ago

YouTube users make a living off the ads. It is just as much about their rights. Google is the only one who can defend this on their behalf, and they should, down to the platforms with only 1 user.

pyre 13y ago

So, when Microsoft's IP is infringed (patents, etc), it's a tragedy. When Google's (or its partner's) IP is infringed it's something sinister. Gotcha.

mortehu 13y ago
Are you suggesting that software patents are as worthwhile as videos and music?

aeturnum 13y ago

One decision about TOS enforcement affects their ability to attack other TOS violations. If you don't enforce your TOS consistently, you open yourself to exactly the sort of anti-competitive charges MS users are leveling against Google.

invisible 13y ago

Any amount of loss due to not following the Terms of Service is grounds for terminating usage. Those same users that are not watching the ad could instead be watching the ad on the web and making them ad revenue. Your logic is so flawed.