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YouTube and Spotify Won’t Launch Apple Vision Pro Apps, Joining Netflix (www.bloomberg.com)

submitted 10 months ago by fer0n@lemmy.world to c/apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world

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YouTube said in a statement Thursday that it isn’t planning to launch a new app for the Apple Vision Pro, nor will it allow its longstanding iPad application to work on the device. YouTube, like Netflix, is recommending that customers use a web browser if they want to see its content: “YouTube users will be able to use YouTube in Safari on the Vision Pro at launch.”

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[–] kirklennon@kbin.social 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

My understanding is that it’s the reverse of this. The iPad app is available by default. They’re putting in the (minimal) effort required to proactively disable availability of the iPad app.

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Interesting, I’m away from my Mac but I’ll have to check this out later. As I recall, the other platforms were opt-in in AppStore connect.

Nevertheless, I’m sure Netflix has a ton of mobile developers with experience with universal apps, and they know what everyone has already experienced with the cross platform toggle options. You end up still having to code for, plan for, and QA the additional platform. It's never free. There are always issues that show up on the new platform / form factor.