YouTube app no longer to be included on iOS; many rejoice

By Salvador Rodriguez

August 6, 2012, 1:11 p.m.

Apple announced iOS 6 will come without a native YouTube app upon its launch this fall, and many users on Twitter were ecstatic to hear the news.

The Cupertino, Calif., company said its license with Google to include the service has ended, but also said that YouTube would still be accessible through the Safari Web browser app, according to the Associated Press.

On top of that, Apple also said Google is working on its own version of an iOS YouTube app that will eventually hit the App Store, which many users on Twitter were happy to learn.

View the story "YouTube app won't be included in iOS 6" on StorifyYouTube app won't be included in iOS 6Storified by Sal Rodriguez · Mon, Aug 06 2012 12:49:26Yes yes this is awesome. Google working on a dedicated YouTube app for iOS. This should be good , google or else:-)TheiTeckHq @brianarn It does make me happy that surely Google will release a much better iOS version to deliver YouTube content.Alex RoessnerMany iOS users have been choosing to use the mobile version of YouTube over the native app since it launched in 2010. A big reason for that is the YouTube app has not received any major updates since the original iPhone launched in 2007.

So while some have taken the news as another chance to analyze the competition between Apple and Google, many users were busy enjoying the news.

Apparently the YouTube app is gone from the iOS 6 Beta 4. Glad since the app was way inferior to the mobile version of the site.Giancarlo NicolofI’m so glad Apple has removed the YouTube app in iOS 6. It sucked. #iOS #iPhoneRyan Hawiya I¿m happy the YouTube app will be gone in iOS 6. The website is much better. I always hate it when apps open automatically from linksDorian RoyApple likely won't replace the YouTube app with another video service the way it's replacing Google Maps with its own navigation app in iOS 6, but that isn't a bad thing. For iOS users, this is an excellent change that will likely result in much better YouTube app for the mobile platform.Great move by Google to push their own iOS YouTube app. Maybe it'll be updated more than once every never.Jason Rabinowitz

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Caroline Nguyen at 6:06 PM August 06, 2012

Yay, yet another reason to ditch Apple in favor of the cute little green robot!

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