Saturday, May 18, 2013

Google Accuses Microsoft Block Ads on Youtube Application

Google Accuses Microsoft Block Ads on Youtube Application

Microsoft has released a YouTube app for Windows Phone 8 a week ago, but I've asked for the software in question be withdrawn from circulation. Why? As quoted from Pocket-Lint , in an official letter that was sent to Microsoft, Google accused the software giant had violated provisions of the Application Programming Interface (API) YouTube by not serving ads through a homemade application.

 "By blocking ads and allow users to download videos, applications of artificial Microsoft cut off sources of revenue and harm ecosystems creators emerging YouTube, "Google wrote in the letter. ads are Google's main source of income. The partners are also relying on YouTube AdSense program to earn income. Objections include video download feature provided by YouTube application that Microsoft's Windows Phone and Google did not obtain consent before installing the program in the Windows marketplace. answering Microsoft Microsoft itself has issued an official statement about this and replied that it was because the ad blocking Google's "do not provide the necessary APIs". 

"YouTube became one of the most downloaded apps by smartphone users on any platform, but Google refused to cooperate with us to create applications that are as good as any other platform ... We would gladly enter the ad, but I have to give access to the required APIs, "wrote Microsoft. Answers Microsoft was once responded to criticism of Google's founders Larry Page at the conference Google I / O Wednesday (5/15/2013) ago, in which he alleges that Microsoft has used Google GTalk support to put in the e-mail Outlook.com but do not do just the opposite by providing API access to Microsoft's own messaging software (Skype). 

APIs YouTube itself is actually not needed in order to display advertisements. Microsoft allegedly wanted to make a YouTube application in accordance with the concept of "tiles" of Windows Phone 8, and to do this it requires the software giant "API" in the form of a YouTube video metadata.