I feel Google just Trolled MSFT and WP again - releases YouTube for Firefox OS

[jason920]

This all but confirms what we already knew: Google's excuse for not making a YouTube app for Windows Phone--that it doesn't have enough market share--is lie. I've really come to despise Google in the past few years. They are the biggest hypocrites in the tech world, egregiously violating their own 'do not evil' mantra. And the thing is, now that I've essentially quit their services, I really don't understand why their services are so popular. Here's my breakdown:
You went my good sir nice job btw I work for MS my brother works for Google honestly he should switch over

Search: Google Search is pretty good, but I actually find Bing to be more accurate and more feature packed (I love page zero, social integration, and Bing Rewards). Still this is a service that they're good at, if not overrated.
Maps: Google Maps is, in my opinion, their best service. Their maps are good, very accurate, and have a lot of unique features (like Street View--putting aside the fact that they used Street View cars to illegally collect wifi information from people, but that's another story). However, I find Bing maps on PC and HERE maps on mobile to be good replacements. I certainly don't miss Google Maps.
Gmail: I give Google credit for making emails conversation threads. That was wise. But since then, Outlook.com has surpassed Gmail in just about every way. The interface is much nicer, and I hate what Gmail turned into, particularly the new compose UI and how invasive they are in scanning my inbox
Android / Chrome : Google's operating systems are absolute rubbish.
Docs : Google Docs is also pretty bad. Office wipes the floor with it.
Drive : In addition to a terrible name (seriously, the first time I heard Google Drive I just assumed it referred to their self-driving car program), the interface for SkyDrive as well as its seamless integration into Windows Phone and Windows 8/RT blows Drive out of the water.
YouTube : This was Google's wisest acquisition but the only reason it's a success is because of the user-provided content. It is the one Google service that is almost impossible to avoid completely because seemingly every video link I encounter on the Web is a YouTube link. So, it is not surprising that Google is trying to use it as a weapon to prevent Windows Phone from growing. Personally, I'd love Microsoft to play hard ball back. I would love to see Microsoft re-initiate a competitor (I say buy Vimeo--the name is cool, it's got a decent following, etc.--and fix it up a bit).

 

[bricky23]

Google doesn't feel threatened be ffos. Wp different story.

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[mpt15]

^ This!

 

[Maaz Mansori]

In regards to a YouTube app for Firefox OS, isn't this basically the same as Chrome OS and based on HTML5? It seriously might have taken someone under an hour to port it over. Just a thought. However, I agree that Google was unreasonable in the manner they handled the YouTube app for WP. Google did it to maintain a competitive advantage while ignoring the customers. I don't feel it is a deal breaker though unless they somehow manage to make it impossible to view YouTube videos on WP.

I use Google search engine more than Bing out of habit. In the US at least, the word Google and 'web search' have become synonymous. People have the perception that the competition offers inferior search results despite Bing's results being comparable. Still, it wouldn't be a big issue to switch to Bing if Google decided to block all Microsoft products from accessing their services.

As for Maps, it apparently depends on your region and how important the POIs are to you. For basic point to point directions, I could care less about POIs. If I'm travelling, there are plenty of other apps available that can find nearby POIs while HERE maps/drive+/transit work great for getting to my destination.

Maaz

 

[tekhna]

This all but confirms what we already knew: Google's excuse for not making a YouTube app for Windows Phone--that it doesn't have enough market share--is lie. I've really come to despise Google in the past few years. They are the biggest hypocrites in the tech world, egregiously violating their own 'do not evil' mantra. And the thing is, now that I've essentially quit their services, I really don't understand why their services are so popular. Here's my breakdown:

Search: Google Search is pretty good, but I actually find Bing to be more accurate and more feature packed (I love page zero, social integration, and Bing Rewards). Still this is a service that they're good at, if not overrated.
Maps: Google Maps is, in my opinion, their best service. Their maps are good, very accurate, and have a lot of unique features (like Street View--putting aside the fact that they used Street View cars to illegally collect wifi information from people, but that's another story). However, I find Bing maps on PC and HERE maps on mobile to be good replacements. I certainly don't miss Google Maps.
Gmail: I give Google credit for making emails conversation threads. That was wise. But since then, Outlook.com has surpassed Gmail in just about every way. The interface is much nicer, and I hate what Gmail turned into, particularly the new compose UI and how invasive they are in scanning my inbox
Android / Chrome : Google's operating systems are absolute rubbish.
Docs : Google Docs is also pretty bad. Office wipes the floor with it.
Drive : In addition to a terrible name (seriously, the first time I heard Google Drive I just assumed it referred to their self-driving car program), the interface for SkyDrive as well as its seamless integration into Windows Phone and Windows 8/RT blows Drive out of the water.
YouTube : This was Google's wisest acquisition but the only reason it's a success is because of the user-provided content. It is the one Google service that is almost impossible to avoid completely because seemingly every video link I encounter on the Web is a YouTube link. So, it is not surprising that Google is trying to use it as a weapon to prevent Windows Phone from growing. Personally, I'd love Microsoft to play hard ball back. I would love to see Microsoft re-initiate a competitor (I say buy Vimeo--the name is cool, it's got a decent following, etc.--and fix it up a bit).

I don't use Office much anymore. My last three jobs have been entirely Google Docs based and it's been totally fine. It's so integrated into my work email and it's so easy to work together in docs. I still use Word occasionally for tricky formatting, and Excel for big datasets but other than that I don't miss Office one bit.

 

[tgp]

Even for searching on MSDN or Microsoft downloads google is better.

That's true in the US too. When a new or updated Windows OS, such as an RC, is released, Bing can't find it but Google does. After a couple days Bing will have exactly the same results as Google. It appears that Bing uses Google's results behind the scenes.

 

[luk3ja]

It's not only good in USA, it's as good as Scroogle in the UK

 

[luk3ja]

If they added the ability to submit POIs then there wouldn't be a problem and all the Windows Phone and Nokia users would do the work for them! So why is there no submit a POI page?

 

[montsa007]

This all but confirms what we already knew: Google's excuse for not making a YouTube app for Windows Phone--that it doesn't have enough market share--is lie. I've really come to despise Google in the past few years. They are the biggest hypocrites in the tech world, egregiously violating their own 'do not evil' mantra. And the thing is, now that I've essentially quit their services, I really don't understand why their services are so popular. Here's my breakdown:

Search: Google Search is pretty good, but I actually find Bing to be more accurate and more feature packed (I love page zero, social integration, and Bing Rewards). Still this is a service that they're good at, if not overrated.
Maps: Google Maps is, in my opinion, their best service. Their maps are good, very accurate, and have a lot of unique features (like Street View--putting aside the fact that they used Street View cars to illegally collect wifi information from people, but that's another story). However, I find Bing maps on PC and HERE maps on mobile to be good replacements. I certainly don't miss Google Maps.
Gmail: I give Google credit for making emails conversation threads. That was wise. But since then, Outlook.com has surpassed Gmail in just about every way. The interface is much nicer, and I hate what Gmail turned into, particularly the new compose UI and how invasive they are in scanning my inbox
Android / Chrome : Google's operating systems are absolute rubbish.
Docs : Google Docs is also pretty bad. Office wipes the floor with it.
Drive : In addition to a terrible name (seriously, the first time I heard Google Drive I just assumed it referred to their self-driving car program), the interface for SkyDrive as well as its seamless integration into Windows Phone and Windows 8/RT blows Drive out of the water.
YouTube : This was Google's wisest acquisition but the only reason it's a success is because of the user-provided content. It is the one Google service that is almost impossible to avoid completely because seemingly every video link I encounter on the Web is a YouTube link. So, it is not surprising that Google is trying to use it as a weapon to prevent Windows Phone from growing. Personally, I'd love Microsoft to play hard ball back. I would love to see Microsoft re-initiate a competitor (I say buy Vimeo--the name is cool, it's got a decent following, etc.--and fix it up a bit).

I'll nominate you for 'montsa007's noble prize award - Shooting in the head without leaving bloodstains'

And as your prize, you'll win all of the following,
-An empty box
-A Nokia Lumia 1020 64GB, Photo
-1,000$, via Email as a scanned Copy
-Some flowers, you need to pluck them on your own

Your post nails it.

 

[Chief_Adu]

I'll nominate you for 'montsa007's noble prize award - Shooting in the head without leaving bloodstains'

And as your prize, you'll win all of the following,
-An empty box
-A Nokia Lumia 1020 64GB, Photo
-1,000$, via Email as a scanned Copy
-Some flowers, you need to pluck them on your own

Your post nails it.

BIGPADDY will some soon to receive (steal) this prize x)

 

[Jazmac]

Youtube for Firefox OS? Yes, this is too funny for words. Doesn't much matter to me. Unless I plan to move to Islamabad, (no offense if you live there) doesn't change my opinion if I did live in Islamabad, Google still bites.

 

[stephen_az]

I feel this is Trolling gone to a whole new level

https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/youtube-1?src=featured

Why release YouTube for Firefox OS and leave WP behind when obviously it has more users than FFOS. I used to be enraged at this previously but now I think they simply want to troll MS for whatever past they have had with them.

Someone make an epic meme out of this

You do understand that Firefox would cease to exist without money from Google? What do you expect them to do?

 

[SwimSwim]

It's exactly the same as our current "official" YouTube app, it just sends you to the mobile browser.

 

[montsa007]

BIGPADDY will some soon to receive (steal) this prize x)

Oh, he's my delivery boy, I have to reconsider now.

 

[androidtoWM]

I read somewhere that the Youtube team wants to release an app on every platform (just like Netflix) and it's the parent company Google that's preventing this from happening. Kinda with Google never bought Youtube.

 

[montsa007]

I read somewhere that the Youtube team wants to release an app on every platform (just like Netflix) and it's the parent company Google that's preventing this from happening. Kinda with Google never bought Youtube.

Your username tells a lot of stories, doesn't it?

 

[des920]

I dont understand why google doesnt say HOORAY! when they think about making a official app for one of their product into an rival platform? I mean come on, they should help Windows.

 

[greedypnguin]

His name is android to windows mobile.Nothings wrong with it

 

[montsa007]

His name is android to windows mobile.Nothings wrong with it

I never said there's anything wrong with it, but I do know there must be some story associated with it

 

[Bizarro_Prime]

YouTube : This was Google's wisest acquisition but the only reason it's a success is because of the user-provided content. It is the one Google service that is almost impossible to avoid completely because seemingly every video link I encounter on the Web is a YouTube link. So, it is not surprising that Google is trying to use it as a weapon to prevent Windows Phone from growing. Personally, I'd love Microsoft to play hard ball back. I would love to see Microsoft re-initiate a competitor (I say buy Vimeo--the name is cool, it's got a decent following, etc.--and fix it up a bit).

Microsoft Vimeo is a nice name. It sounds very... Microsoft.
Of all the Google products, Youtube is the only issue for me for pretty much the reason you've mentioned.
Its very rare to see a website that has vimeo videos embedded.