Removal of Built-in YouTube App in iOS 6 Was YouTube's Decision to 'Take Back Control of Our App'

[CarlJ]

I completely agree about adding basic features like subscribe. But, it is worth noting that the ATV3 app has those things, it is the ATV4 YouTube app that is missing very basic features.

Yeah, the ATV4 YouTube app is pretty dumbed down, and I didn't use it much on my ATV2 (and skipped the 3), but now I end up using it all the time on my ATV4. It's conspicuously the least feature-complete app I use on the ATV4.

I'd like to see YouTube update the app to let long-press on a thumbnail bring up a pop-up menu like on iOS (or some sort of detail screen if necessary) for "Not interested / Add to Watch Later/ Add to playlist", and during a video, let use either another tab on the pull-down menu, or long-press, to present choices for "Thumbs up / Thumbs down / Add to playlist / Go to Channel". These are not new concepts, they're things already present in all of their other apps. And after cutting the cord, I end up watching more ads on YouTube than anywhere else (mostly on the ATV4), I would have guessed they'd want to hold on to that market.

 

[Juicy Box]

Yeah, the ATV4 YouTube app is pretty dumbed down, and I didn't use it much on my ATV2 (and skipped the 3), but now I end up using it all the time on my ATV4. It's conspicuously the least feature-complete app I use on the ATV4.

I'd like to see YouTube update the app to let long-press on a thumbnail bring up a pop-up menu like on iOS (or some sort of detail screen if necessary) for "Not interested / Add to Watch Later/ Add to playlist", and during a video, let use either another tab on the pull-down menu, or long-press, to present choices for "Thumbs up / Thumbs down / Add to playlist / Go to Channel". These are not new concepts, they're things already present in all of their other apps. And after cutting the cord, I end up watching more ads on YouTube than anywhere else (mostly on the ATV4), I would have guessed they'd want to hold on to that market.

On the ATV3, (and also the ATV2 before the app was removed) did something similar, but when the video was paused. Options pop up to see the next video, see the channel, subscribe to the channel , see related videos, and other things.

It is pretty amazing how much the lack of that feature cripples the ATV4 version.

Although, the YouTube app isn't the only app to lose basic features on the ATV4 versions.

 

[matrix07]

And me using ProTube is my taking back control from YouTube. Picture in picture and no ads. Ha ha ha.

 

[RamGuy]

Yeah, the ATV4 YouTube app is pretty dumbed down, and I didn't use it much on my ATV2 (and skipped the 3), but now I end up using it all the time on my ATV4. It's conspicuously the least feature-complete app I use on the ATV4.

I'd like to see YouTube update the app to let long-press on a thumbnail bring up a pop-up menu like on iOS (or some sort of detail screen if necessary) for "Not interested / Add to Watch Later/ Add to playlist", and during a video, let use either another tab on the pull-down menu, or long-press, to present choices for "Thumbs up / Thumbs down / Add to playlist / Go to Channel". These are not new concepts, they're things already present in all of their other apps. And after cutting the cord, I end up watching more ads on YouTube than anywhere else (mostly on the ATV4), I would have guessed they'd want to hold on to that market.

I don't use YouTube on the TV all that much, but my girlfriend watches like 20 videos every day. We had the NVIDIA Shield TV (Android TV) for a short period as we got ourselves a LG OLED B6 65-inch OLED TV and wanted something that offered 4K and HDR. She hated the YouTube-app on Android TV and we scratched the entire Shield TV and went back to the Apple TV Gen4 just because the YouTube-app alone. And I have to agree, the UX-design of the YouTube-app on the Apple TV Gen4 looks much nicer and displays so much more relevant content compared to the one for Android TV.

The YouTube-app for Android TV is identical to the one we have in WebOS 3.0 on the LG OLED itself, and I have tested it for myself and besides it being really slow (the one on the Shield wasn't slow) the UX-design feels really cluttered compared to the one on the Apple TV.
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And me using ProTube is my taking back control from YouTube. Picture in picture and no ads. Ha ha ha.

I love ProTube, it's _handsdown_ the best YouTube experience on a iOS devices. But the UX-design is rather ugly.

 

[Michael Goff]

Now if only Google did the next step and started to deny API access to any app that blocked ads.

 

[matrix07]

Use and love this extension on the Mac but had no idea it was avaialbe for iOS. Made my dayn (yes, I’m easily pleased). Downloaded it, tried it and sent the dev a tip through IAP.

I even tip him without downloading the app. I like his kindness to YouTube users.