Whereas Google appears in no hurry to construct a YouTube app for Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional, builders comparable to Christian Selig (recognized for his work on Apollo for Reddit) have created various apps to entry the platform on visionOS. Sadly, evidently Google wasn’t pleased about this and requested Apple to take away the YouTube app “Juno” from the App Retailer.
Juno for YouTube now not obtainable on the App Retailer
The information was confirmed by Selig himself in a weblog submit. In response to the developer, Google had already contacted him months in the past about Juno not complying with YouTube’s pointers. Extra particularly, the corporate says that third events can not modify the YouTube web site or use its emblems and iconography.
“I don’t personally agree with this, as Juno is only a net view, and acts as little greater than a browser extension that modifies CSS to make the web site and video participant look extra “visionOS” like. No logos are positioned aside from these already on the web site, and the “for YouTube” suffix is permitted of their branding pointers,” Selig notes.
Even so, this wasn’t sufficient to persuade Google, which managed to get Apple to take away Juno from the visionOS App Retailer. On condition that Selig was additionally concerned in a large struggle with Reddit final yr over adjustments to the platform’s API, he says he has “zero want” to struggle Google to carry Juno again.
The information actually isn’t good for these seeking to purchase a Imaginative and prescient Professional, because the platform lacks a local visionOS app, forcing customers to make use of Safari to look at movies on-line. In June, Selig’s app was up to date with assist for 360-degree movies. Juno stays purposeful for customers who’ve already bought it, however Google might ship an replace to interrupt the app.
Sadly, greater than a yr after Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional was introduced, many main platforms nonetheless don’t appear fascinated with bringing their apps to visionOS. Other than YouTube, platforms comparable to Netflix and Spotify additionally don’t have an app for Imaginative and prescient Professional. This can be the results of Imaginative and prescient Professional having a small market share mixed with builders sad with the App Retailer’s insurance policies.
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