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by cbhl 4785 days ago
I imagine that there is a great deal of YouTube content which Google is obligated to revenue share advertising money on (Vevo music videos, among other content) -- Google can't fulfill those obligations if those videos are showing up on WinMo without ads.

Today's remarks about XMPP interop from Page really bother me. In the late 90s, Microsoft was the vendor that wanted interop/federation (on MSN) and nobody took them up on it either.
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ulber 4785 days ago
>Google can't fulfill those obligations if those videos are showing up on WinMo without ads.

The mobile YouTube site that Google serves to Windows Phone devices does not display any ads. Therefore an ad-free app for WP does nothing to change the situation that WP users don't see ads on YouTube.

Now, it is possible that some of Google's content is licensed in such a way that only their mobile site is exempt from displaying ads while any native apps are not. However, a C&D hardly seems like the proper course of action here, given that Microsoft says they are willing to display Google's ads.

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cbhl 4784 days ago
> The mobile YouTube site that Google serves to Windows Phone devices does not display any ads.

Right, but the mobile YouTube site could exclude videos that require ads to be shown.

> Therefore an ad-free app for WP does nothing to change the situation that WP users don't see ads on YouTube.

It's possible (although I don't own a WP so I don't know) that the app for WP shows videos that it "shouldn't" without ads.

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makomk 4784 days ago
The mobile YouTube site that Google serves to Windows Phone devices presumably doesn't play videos that are marked as unavailable on mobile, whereas Microsoft's app apparently ignores that flag and plays them anyway.
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fpgeek 4784 days ago
If Google didn't send a C&D, I'd say there's a good chance that another company would. Don't forget that pesky download button.
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corresation 4785 days ago
Microsofts openness about MSN was because they were the underdogs. As they gained users their desire for openness evaporated.
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feduphacker 4785 days ago
Google is the new Microsoft. All this "Don't do evil" bullshit is just another illusion to sell more ads. That's all Google has ever been and ever will be. A fucking Ad company. Over 97% of their revenues prove that. If they can't plaster ads on your shit and sell your data, expect a nice big blue, red, yellow and green fuck you.
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