Google’s YouTube and Spotify Technology SA, the world’s most popular video and music services, are joining Netflix Inc. in steering clear of Apple Inc.’s upcoming mixed-reality headset.
  • Users of those services will be steered toward the web
  • Searches indicate apps from Meta may also be unavailable

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  • @[email protected]English
    46•9 months ago

    Okey, so Apple would have to make client apps to those services by themselfs… Oops! All proprietary.

        • @[email protected]English
          24•9 months ago

          Windows phone. Originally Microsoft put out a number of apps as web wrappers, but the mobile YouTube site kind of awful. So Microsoft wrote a YouTube app of their own that was actually kind of great and allowed you to download videos and play audio in the background and basically actually work right. Google threw a fit and basically made Microsoft delete the app.

          Windows central still has a bunch of articles from the time up.

          https://www.windowscentral.com/search?searchTerm=Phone+YouTube

          • @[email protected]English
            1•8 months ago

            I still miss early Windows Phone. Looking at what Windows desktop has evolved into though, I’m not sure what kind of monster Windows Phone might have turned into if it were still around.

    • @KbobabobEnglish
      12•9 months ago

      Or, a web browser…

      • @[email protected]English
        7•9 months ago

        Or iOS compatibility. But every layer of software stack is making every app less capable for hardware specific functions.