Google hinders Microsoft to create the YouTube application
Apparently, the relations between the company Google and the giant Microsoft are not going through their best moment This emerges from a publication by Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of Microsoft, Dave Heiner, in a blog of Microsoft And the fact is that the search engine company could be tripping the Windows Phone platform so that they cannot use the YouTube video portal in the same way that the Android or iOS users
The problem, according to this person in charge of Microsoft, comes from a practice of dubious morality on the part of Google As you comment in your post, this company would be blocking the metadata of the video portal that offer functions such as viewing thevotes, find the favorites or search among the different categories among other issues for users of Windows Phone What the application of YouTube means of this platform is a simple adaptation of the version of the web page to reproduce said videos in the smartphones without more possibilities.
Also, this restriction seems to only apply against the Microsoft platform, while Apple has access to such data and features.Of course, the YouTube app for the iOS operating system is from Google after Applestop introducing it in the latest version. However, at the request of Microsoft, Google refuses to give permission forWindows Phone Count on all these issues and possibilities, leaving your users an application functional but very basic
In response to such behavior, Microsoft has asked the European Commission for helpand the United States Trade Commission, which is already investigating Google for this misconduct However, from the point of view of the company of the famous search engine, it is a more or less logical measure to avoid the advance of a possible competitor, asserting that the antitrust offenses with which it is commonly accused do not cause harm to consumers.Although the reality seems quite different, since those owners of a terminal with Windows Phone do not have the same possibilities as other platforms.
Also, it's a blow to Microsoft, who already know that one of the most applications downloaded on both Google Play and the App Store during 2012 was the one that gave way to YouTube But, it seems that for nowGoogle will not give in, so that users of the mobile platform of Microsoft will be forced to use unofficial apps if they want to get the most out of YouTube
Undoubtedly, a small battle within the war between two large companies that could start to give a lot to talk about. And it is that Google, despite its slogan Don”™t be evil (don't be bad), seems to have Microsoft between his eyebrows, who is going to have to fight doubly to gain a foothold in the market smartphones
