A few days ago, Google released a stand-alone YouTube app for the iPhone and I can only assume that they'll release a native iPad app in the near future too. This is because their contract with Apple has expired so Apple is no longer allowed to have YouTube preinstalled on iOS devices. (if you stick with iOS 5, the Apple-made YouTube app stays, it only goes away in iOS 6). The deal was that Apple would create the app, and it would be void of any advertising.
With the contract expiring, this opens the flood gates for Google to load advertisement into the YouTube app that they create themselves for the iPhone and iPad. On my Mac I have a Safari extension that forced the HTML 5 version of YouTube videos. So this is how I see YouTube on my Mac.
As you can see the video player is exactly the same as the Apple-created YouTube app on the iPad. No annoying annotations, no advertisement, just a simple full screen button. Very minimalistic, as it should be. Why do I want a mobile YouTube that tries to mimic the awful Flash player, which is what Google's current HTML 5 player does on their mobile site at m.youtube.com.
That big gaudy red track bar, Google's player is very tacky. Who wants that? If I stick to watching YouTube on my iPad, this is what I'll have to face in iOS 6. Even if I choose to use Safari instead of the new Google-created YouTube app, I still have to face this.
So with all these downsides, why would anyone want to continue viewing YouTube on their iPad? Unless you like ugly design and advertisements, I don't know why anyone would want to. From now on, I'll just stick to using my Mac to watch YouTube.
You can follow this link to the awesome extension I use in Safari on a Mac (might also work on Safari for Windows, I have no idea). Install either ClickToFlash or ClickToPlugin, whichever you prefer. ClickToPlugin, as the name suggests, controls more than just Flash content. They are both great extensions for when you just don't want certain things to load on a page.
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