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Apple trying to go Google-free?

article published on 7 August, 2012

Apple has moved one step further from making its iOS operating system completely Google-free. The company has removed the YouTube app from iOS 6 beta 4, the first time ever it has not been pre-loaded on iOS. Since launch in 2007, the iPhone and other iOS devices have come with Google Search, Google Maps and YouTube apps pre-loaded. Says Apple: "Our licence to include the YouTube ... [ read the full article ]

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7. August 2012 @ 22:28 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Its just a waste of apples time, since A HELL OF ALOT of users IOS, and android, use GOOGLE apps, search, mail etc, alot more than apple . I know i sure did. and still do. then dropped the ios for android, in a blink of an eye.

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8. August 2012 @ 16:16 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
They remove YouTube but add Google Now?

Oh, Im sorry... Did the middle of my sentence interrupt the beginning of yours?
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8. August 2012 @ 17:11 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Apple can move to another planet as far as I'm concerned.

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10. August 2012 @ 04:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Who needs Google anyway?
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10. August 2012 @ 04:19 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I like Google Skymap and it annoys me that it is not available on iOS. I haven't found as good an app in the Apple store.
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11. August 2012 @ 10:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
A phone that relies so heavily on the internet for 99% of its features wants to be Google free? Good luck.
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24. August 2012 @ 11:02 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
in a nutshell Apple is all about making money rather than meeting consumer needs. Why should they "demand" an income from Google for providing what we need. From my perspective they should be paying to include the search enging!

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