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by diminish 4685 days ago
just out of curiosity, are there official youtube apps on blackberry, new and old, Bada and the new comers like Jolla,FirefoxOS etc?
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Do the proprietor's of those platforms want an "official" app that they are willing to put their own resources into developing? Remember, this is about Google cutting off an API key so Google isn't out any engineering/time/money resources, the "official" modifier is mostly marketing BS.
Blackberry's BB10 OS uses the Web interface. It actually works quite well. Firefox OS also uses the web interface.

Microsoft's YouTube app on Windows phone is actually really nice. It's a pity Google keep trying to stop it.

FirefoxOS doesn't need a native or official YouTube app, because the entire thing is just web pages. If Google wanted to make something official, all they would need to do is add an app manifest file with some metadata about the app.