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by lotso 4778 days ago
Microsoft doesn't have the APIs necessary to enable ads.
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Is this a confirmed fact? So far I think we've only heard from Microsoft regarding this.
Their Xbox guys seem to have the APIs.

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

That app is built by YouTube.
I'm honestly surprised by that. How long until a VP at Google decides it should be pulled to align with the company strategy? I'm betting dollars to doughnuts that we won't see a youtube app in the next Xbox for these very reasons.
That is very sad indeed if true. Isn't Microsoft trying to break into the ad business as well? I thought I saw something like that in some Surface Apps.