[CloudNine]

>So yes, it does matter a lot to them that these eyes are no longer seeing ads that they previously would have

Then why don't they give access to the Youtube videos and ads API to Microsoft? Microsoft has stated that they're happy to add Google's ads if given access.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5715889

[beagle3]

I'm sure that Google will be happy to do that when Microsoft starts being nice to them - e.g., not extorting money from every Android phone maker.

It's taken more than 20 years, but Microsoft is finally reaping the fruits of their bullying.

[ankitml]

an eye for an eye doesnt make the world better my friend. Android wars are making users pay more and this youtube war is also making users suffer.

[beagle3]

I disagree that google rolling over and let Microsoft continue their abuse and bad citizenry would have been a better outcome (except for Microsoft and WP8 owners, of course)

An eye for an eye is a bit extreme, but fear of retaliation is an important component of balanced societies; see e.g. The cold war or the Stanford prison experiment. It's time Microsoft start behaving less like.a psychopath bully and more like a member of society.

[rbanffy]

> Then why don't they give access to the Youtube videos and ads API to Microsoft?

http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/28/youtube-xbox-app/

I guess they can forward the original e-mail to the WP devs...

[recoiledsnake]

Wow, they just had to just send an email to their instead of pleading with Google for three years for API access. Microsoft sure is stupid!

Or perhaps the Xbox Youtube app was written by Google like the first line of your article says, so the Xbox devs don't have access to the API.

You sure write a lot of unintelligent comments in your haste to criticize MS and pump Google, but this one takes the cake.