Seems to me that not a lot of people here understood deeply the purpose of the app, and maybe the app itself don't understand youtube deeply either. The app is aiming for privacy and most comments are about ad removal.
What maybe both the comments and app creators might be missing, is that youtube is not only about hosting videos and content creator channels, it is also about content discovery, and that is key for both its success and for the users to make use of the service to its full potential.
I am a Youtube Premium user, I pay via credid card, so I am KYC'd already. But I wish I had something similar on iOS. Not because of ads, but because the Youtube experience is really suffering from having too many developers and focus on kiiling the competion instead of keeping youtube identity. The app is really bloated with experiments like "shorts", which is copying TikTok, and same can be said from the AppleTV or LG TV apps, which now put subscriptions to the botton to force you to click on gaming (twitch clone) and news.
It is really a shame that Youtube, as most rent seeking big companies, can't be satisfied in being the best in one thing, rather trying to be predatory to similar but not quite the same competitors.
What maybe both the comments and app creators might be missing, is that youtube is not only about hosting videos and content creator channels, it is also about content discovery, and that is key for both its success and for the users to make use of the service to its full potential.
I am a Youtube Premium user, I pay via credid card, so I am KYC'd already. But I wish I had something similar on iOS. Not because of ads, but because the Youtube experience is really suffering from having too many developers and focus on kiiling the competion instead of keeping youtube identity. The app is really bloated with experiments like "shorts", which is copying TikTok, and same can be said from the AppleTV or LG TV apps, which now put subscriptions to the botton to force you to click on gaming (twitch clone) and news.
It is really a shame that Youtube, as most rent seeking big companies, can't be satisfied in being the best in one thing, rather trying to be predatory to similar but not quite the same competitors.