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What's New in Version 19.07.4

Fixed bugs, improved performance, took the afternoon off.

Seller

Name

Google LLC

URL

https://www.youtube.com

Information

Developer

Google LLC

Version

19.07.4

Size

330.7 MB

Game Center

VPP Device Licensing

Yes

Rating

Rated 12+ for the following:

Infrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude Humour

Infrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes

Infrequent/Mild Realistic Violence

Infrequent/Mild Medical/Treatment Information

Infrequent/Mild Simulated Gambling

Infrequent/Mild Horror/Fear Themes

Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence

Infrequent/Mild Sexual Content and Nudity

Infrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or References

Compatibility

iOS 14.0 or later

Devices

iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone SE, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone SE (2nd generation), iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 13, iPhone 13 Pro, iPhone 13 Pro Max, iPhone 13 mini, iPhone SE (3rd generation), iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 14 Pro Max, iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro, iPad Pro (Cellular), iPad Pro (9.7-inch), iPad Pro (9.7-inch) (Cellular), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (10.5-inch), iPad Pro (10.5-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (11-inch), iPad Pro (11-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air, iPad Air (Cellular), iPad Air 2, iPad Air 2 (Cellular), iPad Air (3rd generation), iPad Air (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini Retina, iPad mini Retina (Cellular), iPad mini 3, iPad mini 3 (Cellular), iPad mini 4, iPad mini 4 (Cellular), iPad mini (5th Generation), iPad mini (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (7th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air (4th Generation) (Wi-Fi), iPad Air (4th Generation) (Wi-Fi + Cellular), iPad (8th generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (8th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th Generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (9th Generation), iPad (9th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini (6th Generation), iPad mini (6th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air (5th generation), iPad Air (5th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (10th generation), iPad (10th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPod touch (6th Generation), iPod touch (7th generation)

Languages

English, Afrikaans, Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Belarusian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Kazakh, Khmer, Kirghiz, Korean, Lao, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Malayalam, Marathi, Mongolian, Nepali, Norwegian Bokmål, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Zulu

App Store: Customer Ratings

All Versions

4.6 (4,547,920 Ratings)

App Store: Customer Reviews

5 stars

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O Shubs

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2024-02-19

Version 19.06.2

Best thing since Jesus 🤣💯

Youtube

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I hate this y

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2024-02-18

Version 19.06.2

Actually its a good app but there are few problems that shows 18+ videos and I don’t agree with that i want you to block these videos from youtube please

Very good

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Marcdt2012

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2024-02-18

Version 19.06.2

I’ve made my own YouTube channel pls subscribe to it it’s called cringy gingy

Good

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NewiszN123

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2024-02-18

Version 19.06.2

UR APP BLOWS MY MIND AND ALSO I CANT BELIVE U PUT SO MUCH WORK ON THIS I SWEAR I HOPE U GET THE BEST MY GOD BLESS U

TK Terlemezyan

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Takvorik

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2024-02-18

Version 19.06.2

Full with adds no one ever watching. Let alone get interested by the product they sell.

new update ruined the app

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smurf lover 2000

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2024-02-18

Version 19.06.2

why nothing work anymore 😔💔

😣

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IVlogsgaming

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2024-02-18

Version 19.06.2

YouTube please can I get my Account

Hi

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frenchaddict96

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2024-02-18

Version 19.06.2

Amazing website.

No longer support older iOS phones

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Boris-8489

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2024-02-18

Version 19.06.2

Worked great not 3 days ago.

On my iPhone 6 running iOS 12.5.

It’s been asking me to update for a while. but I could always decline the update. Now there’s a second prompt now forcing me to either update or quit and since the new update requires iOS 14 I obviously can’t update the app.

So I guess all that’s left is to uninstall the app. I guess I’ll have to quit using YouTube entirely. At least I wont have to put up with the awful new unskip-able adverts they have now!

I guess YouTube would rather force a percentage of their user-base to use the TikTok app, over then there own app.

amazing

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milloe73

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2024-02-18

Version 19.06.2

does what it says and it’s so easy to use

No

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McDonald’s poo

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2024-02-18

Version 19.06.2

You are disgusting you have taken my stuff off that I like

The best app

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maxs 6960

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2024-02-18

Version 19.06.2

As one of the best app they get lot of people watching but some are hates but don’t be a HATER

Okay..

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sxweetie

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2024-02-18

Version 19.06.2

This is a good app but when i put my date and birth, lets say i was born in 2015, a few turns and clicks later it asks for my phone number! I just told u i was 9? What? And i got an account.. i clicked my age rating, i went off youtube for a few minutes, went back and my account was gone! This is not good. Fix it please! And second of all this content! Swearing, romance, and just other disgusting actions.!

AMAZING

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Sub collect

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2024-02-18

Version 19.06.2

It’s so good I started my own channel and got over 89 subs 5/5

Adverts

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Evilchink

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2024-02-18

Version 19.06.2

I understand they pay for the platform but they’re now so excessive I’m Choi’s g to not buy from companies I see adverts for. The surveys, I can happily live with them.

Too much advertising

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ACEuuh

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2024-02-18

Version 19.06.2

Too much advertising ruine the experience.

Best in the west

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Bestie You have

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2024-02-18

Version 19.06.2

It’s so good, you have to do. This is better than any app in the whole entire world. Just download it right now or just make you change. Make sure you are12 years old

Love ❤️

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Love Youtubeeeeee

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2024-02-18

Version 19.06.2

I love YouTube so good

M

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Blobscious

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2024-02-18

Version 19.06.2

So good. I love youtube

Free

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MIDO🕊

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2024-02-18

Version 19.06.2

Can I get free subscription please ?

Stop greenscreen kids

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Logan29714

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2024-02-18

Version 19.06.2

The greenscreen kids are just so annoying can you stop or being aloud to do greenscreens it’s just so annoying

Horrible AI engine

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alex134556775433

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2024-02-18

Version 19.06.2

Suggestion is unpleasant

Updates - be careful.

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Llanelli baron

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2024-02-18

Version 19.06.2

YouTube push an update for bug fixes and it’s trashed screen casting. Screen casting has issues on all of my TV’s thanks to this update

YouTube

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🍉☹️🏳️‍🌈🤪🍪

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2024-02-18

Version 19.06.2

It’s a very good app

Change

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alinkz

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2024-02-18

Version 19.06.2

I wish there was some block or delete account thing option

Love

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Goo morning

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2024-02-18

Version 19.06.2

Best thing ever

Awesome

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Okay12223123425522

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2024-02-18

Version 19.06.2

So fun

Too many ads

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Raith Short

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2024-02-18

Version 19.06.2

As always YT starting to ad more and more ads to the point where this app is almost becoming unusable !

How much I love this application

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bradyn-lee

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2024-02-18

Version 19.06.2

I love it bc of this channel morgz

Stop with the adverts!!!

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andysepps

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2024-02-18

Version 19.06.2

Stop with the adverts… it has the reverse effect to that which is intended… we have the internet. If I am looking for something.. I can do my own search. I don’t need to be interrupted with an advertisement for something I have little or no interest in! Am sure I speak for the masses. I would be very interested in the statistics as to how many people would rather be without adverts than with.

Shorts

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H3r3 be dragons

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2024-02-18

Version 19.06.2

I love this and think it is a great way to relax, or learn new things. However, I really don’t like how you cannot turn off or disable or block YouTube shorts on your account, so your home feed doesn’t show them. I’ve had to delete the app because I’m spending too much time using that instead of what I aimed to do, watching what i actually wanted to watch. This app is not TikTok and its main purpose is longer videos, not shorts. Because of that, it does not seem that important to have shorts as a mandatory feature, but rather it would be better for it to be one you can turn off.

Buggy

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neverending_dust

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2024-02-17

Version 19.06.2

Absolutely love YouTube, but recently every video keeps bugging out and the video don’t play properly which makes it difficult to watch anything, please fix this

Bad

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Bestaidn

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2024-02-17

Version 19.06.2

It gave me the same shorts and I refreshed

YouTube

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truth-speaker-1982

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2024-02-17

Version 19.06.2

An unbiased platform share information to the world. Very unique!

Too much advertising

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No add’s 123

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2024-02-17

Version 19.06.2

The advertising is very long this makes me not want to use the app

Adverts spoil it

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Richard sole

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2024-02-17

Version 19.06.2

Ruin you tube all the time

Censorship and manipulation

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redraven123456789

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2024-02-17

Version 19.05.5

Not just content creators but even my comments that aren’t even offensive get deleted, I just hate that philosophy and don’t want to give anything to people who believe in that, I use ad blockers now on PC if the content is only on YouTube and I use Rumble and other platforms on my phone, tbh YouTube is lame now anyway, hard to find good, interesting creators, mainstream sources are of course promoted over everyone else, it’s so sanitised and boring, my “watch later” playlist used to be jam packed with too many videos to get through, now I can barely find anything to watch, the algorithm pushes the worst type of sanitised, dumb, mainstream and short form content, truly a dying platform but it didn’t need to be this way

I rayaat

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J Rayaat

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2024-02-17

Version 19.06.2

YouTube very good channel bring closer quick . Kind off any music and films it’s 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Not intuitive

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App-Hound

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2024-02-17

Version 19.06.2

The you tube app does not lead you to where you want to be the search icon hides on a second screen. Not my favorite app by a long way. Needs a total redesign. Total rubbish with Apple airplay

I do wish we could have a competitor to this rubbish

YouTube is good however…

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Mrbeast10000

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2024-02-17

Version 19.06.2

I’m honestly sick and tired there is a Vodafone advert or rainbowcorns every five minutes, can’t enjoy YouTube anymore.

Painful advert bombardment

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Bullwinkle76

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2024-02-17

Version 19.06.2

YouTube is making the experience less enjoyable by thr day with the pursuit of loading up eveything with as many adverts as possible. It's utterly counterproductive as all it does it make you never want to purchase any of the products or services that force themselves onto your screen without consent.

iPad description bug

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Fluidz2k11

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2024-02-17

Version 19.06.2

Scrolling video description causes a blue highlight box to appear. Makes scrolling the description cumbersome. Please fix.

Best app ever

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Aurea{Boba}

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2024-02-17

Version 19.06.2

It is such a good game

Roman Bambers review

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RomanBamber

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2024-02-17

Version 19.06.2

It is very nice entertaining very funny and cheerful makes you feel good.

When your just sitting down doing nothing bored I always come to watch YouTube I love it my review is 5/5❤️❤️❤️❤️👌👌👌👌👌

Please make more apps like this there very good. From RomanBamber

Slay dude

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the town of grippers

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2024-02-17

Version 19.06.2

Love this app the best

When I got banned

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Tinieyer

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2024-02-17

Version 19.06.2

Can I have YuTeb please back because I got banned

Terrible to many ads

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Residentsteve

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2024-02-17

Version 19.06.2

Please let me select a language the amount of vids that have English titles but are not in English it’s ridiculous 🤬. Still bad YouTube needs competition because of way to many ads.

Noice

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The musa lunch

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2024-02-17

Version 19.06.2

This is not good

Review

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YahyaMohammed

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2024-02-17

Version 19.06.2

Good app lost of videos

How gpod

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Minnie Grady28936:99169

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2024-02-17

Version 19.06.2

Because it’s not glitchy

You Tube : “ What it gives me as a service “

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"B"🤓

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2024-01-07

Version 18.49.3

You Tube, First & foremost , thank you so much for providing me “memories” at the touch of a button. You open the door to my childhood through material of the period . Your productivity gives me the foundation & choice to fertilise memories of my past and bring them back to life if only for a moment. Through your music/documentary , visual & audio etc you put in focus my thought process. I embrace ‘ Algorithm ‘ within the You Tube concept & platform . It’s like an unknown friend that feeds my subconscious which I’m well aware of and might I add appreciate . Thankyou “ You Tube” respect to aforementioned - totally endorse .

Posts

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A chudo fan

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2023-12-30

Yeah, it’s good. Does what it says. ONE problem, posts are very difficult to post because even when you give it consent in settings, it still pretends you haven’t so I can’t make any posts at all, like all I want to do is share pictures and I don’t want to have to make a video for that, besides it is very difficult for children who can’t make posts because you’ve made it too difficult and they aren’t comfortable making videos and can’t edit. A simple picture should be much easier to post than you make it. As someone who isn’t a child, I don’t understand how even the most skilled person can work out how to do it. Posts are more simple than videos, so should be just as accessible, if not more. Also posts are not available to some devices which is kinda annoying because you can see others posts but can’t create your own. You probably won’t see this, but I really hope you do and that you act on it. Other than that, you’ve been amazing, everything else works just as it should.

Ads & Useless interface changes

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M_B3010

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2023-12-15

Can you please STOP changing the look of the interface?? I don’t understand what it achieves, and the frequency of these updates to the UI do not allow for anyone to actually get used to them. I shouldn’t be surprised to be honest, it seems like all you care about is making this app as inconvenient to use as possible.

Also as many have already said, I’m sick and tired of the hundreds of ads you’ve decided to bombard every video with. Not everybody has the disposable income to waste money on your premium services and a decent, comfortable user experience shouldn’t be locked behind a paywall. One ad is bearable, but dozens of them, especially right in the middle of a video is ridiculous and quite frankly unacceptable. You won’t listen, but please, focus on fixing the actual problems within your site before worrying about the aesthetics.

Small issues

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Bean128

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2023-09-26

The app used to work great no bugs no stutters no glitching but I’d say the past 4 updates have not helped at all. I’m having some mild issues with auto rotate, I’ll turn my phone landscape and the video will turn but my phone isn’t registering that it’s been turned landscape. At first I though it was a problem with IOS then I realised this is the only app that has this issue. I think it may be the cause of some of the other issues like the video stuttering sometimes and the audio not matching up with the video also sometimes I’ll be scrolling through videos and it’ll just refresh itself on its own

Apart from that this app is great quality and puts out pretty great quality videos that takes advantage of the screens on phones that support 4k HDR these days (most of them)

I hope you can resolve these minor bugs 😊

A Relief In My Old Age.

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The Son Of Chonde.

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2023-09-26

By Allah’s Grace. I have 4 sons who manage the family business established by my grandfather, succeeded by my dad thence we three brothers. I controlled the finances. The actual work and implementation was my siblings hardworking. But All the businesses we expanded were my planning. All the projects established are thriving albeit not remunerating me, with my blessings. I proclaim no ingenuity. Always exhalt Allah. Ascribe and attribute everything as ordained by Allah. This means. I spent my time mostly in 5 Libraries. An array of collection built over 58 years. Every book is selected by me, if I like a book by an author. Thence I buy his entire work. Now? Utube has replaced my Libraries. The Iphone & Ipad are with me 24:7.

Video player breaks regularly

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Melon Honeydew

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2023-09-18

The video player often breaks after an advert, or on the first time clicking into a video. It either doesn’t play the visuals (just a black screen with audio) or straight up doesn’t play the video at all, but the timestamp is moving. The player must first be closed before being opened again. This doesn’t always fix the issue, though, and a third try or app restart is needed. This has become typical use. The “tap the screen to skip backwards/forwards” is also—more often than not—broken.

This has been a recent problem starting from a couple months ago, getting worse over time. It is nearly to the point of unusability, as it is often just easier to close the app entirely than to wrestle with it for a couple minutes before being able to watch a video. It may even be easier to watch in browser. I hope this is fixed soon

Videos aren’t playing automatically anymore

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#gif-bear

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2023-09-07

When I’m in bed I like to scroll through my home page but recently videos have stopped playing automatically which is really annoying, I like them to start playing when I stop scrolling so I can watch a little bit of it and click on it if I like it, but now I have to click on it to watch it and then close it which is really irritating when you’re lay on your side with your phone resting on your pillow and scrolling with just your thumb. It’s so much easier when they play automatically. Plus scrolling the home page is how I discover new creators and content and the videos not playing automatically puts me off clicking on them because I only click on the ones that really capture my interest. Please fix this bug

Love YT but…

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monkeytom888

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2023-08-21

I use YT daily for subscribed video content and then for light entertainment to find random great content…. Well I used to do this.

I now only watch a couple of daily subscribed videos as I do not want to have a history of videos as I enjoyed getting complete random content and do not want to store history as it goes against what I’m trying to achieve. If I wanted to watch the same types of videos over and over I would search for it or have my history turned on. The fact YT used to present me random videos was great and now I’ve lost this due to the greed of Google wanting to profile me.

The point of getting random stuff was very interesting and because it was random I wouldn’t know to search for it. Google has basically cut off content to thousands of people like myself… well done greedy Google!! I will now not be turning it on out of principle and will just not use your app for light entertainment.

Excessive ads

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TeshGovindji

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2023-08-14

No one minds adverts, that how you guys make your money; but do you have to have back to back 30 second to 2 minute long adverts every 6-10 mins on EVERY video? And then we get the grand 45 minute advert/program every now and again! Also since the latest update my personal playlist background is white, and the playlist names are a very light grey colour; barely legible. I uninstalled and reinstalled (twice) to see if that would sort it out… it didn’t. And why are there so many recommendations of channels I don’t watch and have never searched for? I thought this godly “algorithm” based recommendations on things that are linked to our own search history; so why am I being show cryptocurrency, “alpha male”, conspiracy theories, right wing media etc? Do this channel pay you for their channels to be top priority? I’ll be keeping my review at 1 star for the foreseeable future, as I know that nothing will change.

New bugs in latest update?

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Nicholas0204

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2023-07-10

The app is mostly good, however in the last few days (since the newest update) I have experienced a few bugs that have caused me to have to reinstall the app or close and reopen it. The first was strange stutters in video and audio whilst watching anything, not related to internet connection or resolution. I had to delete the app and reinstall it for it to become comfortable watching videos, however even now I still witness a few occasional stutters in playback that I have never seen before during normal playback.

The second bug is around the comments section. Sometimes comments will not post regardless of how many times to press the send button. Even if you delete the draft and open a new one you are still unable to post a comment, and changing video does not fix it. Was only able to fix this after closing and reopening the app. These aren’t massive issues but I feel like there are a lot of these little bugs that come and go over time and can be a bit of an annoyance when trying to watch stuff.

Overall the app has good functionality, and 4K HDR videos can look great on an iPad, but I would like a bit more polish in regard to some of the playback and commenting bugs.

A bit dream crushed

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squdhrbgfgdhe

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2023-06-04

Me and my cousin callum went to do a live stream on the channel RED MASTER MIND and it was stopped because of copyright claim in the live stream and we were a bit confused to why it was stopped and we tried to make a new live stream but it said “Due to Community Guidelines strikes or copyright issues, you cannot live stream at this time” we were very concerned if we had copyrighted a video on our channel without realising and it was our very first live stream on our channel so we were quite spooked thinking we did something extremely wrong on our channel to cause this creator if you are reading this could you please help us with are live stream and give us a second chance to do one we were very pleased until this moment in the live stream your site is good but me and my cousin were very concerned about this.

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kilobibs

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2023-05-27

All versions of this site and app have become so saturated with ads to the point of being infuriating. There is a limit to the number of ads and their prevalence that a person can put up with before the experience is ruined. Ads if you don’t click out of a video quickly enough. YouTube’s ads before a video even if the creator has set ads to play near the start so you get ten seconds of content before more ads. Ads where if you don’t skip the first one you can’t skip the second no matter how long it is (and a three minute music video or a gore-filled trailer for a horror movie shouldn’t be unskippable ads). Ads when you are just trying to scrub through a video either to find the place you left off because the app didn’t save it or just because that’s how you utilise a video sometimes. It’s just too much now. Too much when it’s the user base’s content that you’re exploiting to platform your ads.

Needs work

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PetrifyingPenis

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2023-05-02

It’s good if you already know what you’re gonna watch, but if you want to find something new it can literally take hours sometimes. The recommendations are ok at best, most of the times they are terrible. When I press “don’t recommend video again”, it still appears.

Also I really wish there was an option to turn off the shorts, or just make a separate section instead of combining them into one.

The ads are getting worse, I remember when it was sometimes no ads, then one 5 second ad, two 5 second ads, then the time of the ad gets higher. Now a 5 second ad is 8 seconds?! And there is 2 before you get to watch it?! Sometimes TWO UNSKIPABLE ADS 20 seconds long?! Come on, that literally makes me turn it off and not watch the video.

Anyway, it needs a lot of work before it gets a higher rating

Good app!

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AvocadoQueenHeree

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2023-04-07

So I got this since all my friends where using this, then before I knew it I had an account! It seems like a great way just sometimes people can be super toxic so any chance you could fully ban accounts (especially when people hate) and maybe ban a few words from being texted or substituted. Eg:: hello - h3LL0. People can be toxic and I know there is an age limit but please make sure everyone is safe!

I have an account and it a couple of times I have forgotten to make my videos public (which I laughed at so no big deal) but people could get super angry at it and frustrated on a very bad level.

Maybe instead of white you could change the backround to any colour the account wants! Also sometime I see a video and it says no comments, but then if I tap on the comments there are like 2-10 comments. Not sure what that is about, maybe people deleted the comments or something but just Incase there it is! Nice app overall though!

Needs improvement

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loux10

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2023-04-03

The updates to the ui make it a pain to use, there are more steps to anything you want to do but it’s not because you do, or can do, anything different it’s just more steps just to slow you down.

The biggest annoyance for me is the closed captioning has to be selected for every video. They are set to on in my device settings and all my other apps automatically apply them except you tube. My device is up to date as is the app, I have tried all suggestions - sign out, sign back in, delete and reinstall etc- but every time I have to select the little cc symbol which is so conveniently placed I end up selecting one of the others around it which then has to be closed, its a pain when all I want to do is select a video, press play and understand what they’re saying.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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LeBron James 1236

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2023-03-19

This app is amazing. With every update the app gets better better. The visuals are out of this world. But it does have a few set backs. Like for example the captions are sort of glitched out. As in some of the fonts are the same. Like the casual font is the exact same and the proportional serif font and the monospaced sans-serif font is the exact same as the monospaced serif font. I’m not sure if this was done deliberately but it is something that either needs to be changed or fixed. Also the adverts are a bit jarring but I can understand why they’re there. Another thing is the looped video thing when you go to someone’s channel. I feel that it’s completely unnecessary and just a bit annoying. Other than that this app makes fun content accessible to all. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Please review the playlist system

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thebaleys633

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2023-02-08

There was a recent update where playlists where moved into one side scrollable category in the library section this can be a bit irritating especially if you have multiple playlists please have a custom setting where you can adjust where playlists go onto the library section or if you don’t prefer the new update to them then make an option to keep the old layout as i personally think the old layout was better as you could see all your playlists but now due to the update you have to scroll sideways as they are in one specific category please review this or maybe just add one specific setting to general

Exceptionally poor UX

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DayVidReviews

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2022-12-28

I cannot change notification settings for my subscriptions because I’ve disabled notifications on my phone. This is even though I have them enabled on other devices. In other words, I’m being forced to enable push notifications to change my settings. The sharing function uses a bespoke UI instead of the one provided by iOS, so I cannot simply select a person I’ve recently contacted like I can in most other apps. There also isn’t a setting to change to dark mode automatically according to the system settings. Instead, I can only choose a dark mode or a light mode permanently. The offline functionality is patchy. When on a poor connection, it insists on trying to use the internet rather than the downloaded version. It’s also not possible to copy and paste things like titles and descriptions as it is on the website. The shorts UX is not consistent with everything else. I cannot rewind if I miss something. Instead, I’m forced to rewatch the whole video. Everything, absolutely everything, about this app is suboptimal.

Too many ads and broken if watching on Apple TV

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bernard 55

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2022-08-31

App has worked well for years but lately there are just too many ads and I’m not going to pay for another subscription service just to remove ads . Why isn’t there an option to just pay £20 a year for an ad free service . To the developers - please address an issue watching on Apple TV whereby watching all my videos it cuts out for a few seconds , goes black then comes back . It might be related to the relentless ads you try to shoehorn in to almost every aspect of the video . Very frustrating and it fragments the enjoyment of watching our subscription videos .

Ads, Ads, Ads and more Ads 👎👎👎👎👎

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N.F.F.C.

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2022-07-22

Try listening to your fav music album, no chance ! If your using an iPhone that is. On my Mac I have Adblock so no problem…. But on my phone YT is a terrible experience because of intrusive ads literally every few mins. It’s beyond a joke. I put a tomorrow land music concert video on and you watch an Ad at the start, 5-15 seconds depending on your luck, then an ad as quick as 1 minute 6 seconds later. Then one 6 minutes or so after that. Some videos are worse than others and this continues…. Others have less.

What’s crazy now is they must have the algorithm pick out when the beats abut to drop, and instead of the beat dropping, an ad drops instead, completely ruining the song/track but even worse it kills your flow, your singing is exposed, the dancing stops and if it’s playing through the home sound system then the volume is increased and your left running to the Stereo to turn it down….

This is clearly designed to frustrate you and push you into paying and buying YT premium where, As they advertise, it’s ad free… !

It’s a Complete scam ! Disrupting your life, then offering you a way of making the disruption stop with a monetary payment !

By all means have an ad at the start and end, maybe even in the middle…. But every so many minutes and when the beat is about to drop is an absolute joke… Sad, lame trick to prize money out of peoples pockets to pay to not have to endure them… Bad business ethics !

Playlists

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Lindyharbert

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2022-07-11

Hi this is my favourite app absolutely love it, but on the latest couple of updates, on my playlists I love that they are numbered which makes it easier to search my playlists, but now most of the videos are saying 201, can you please fix this problem thankyou,,,,can you fix this problem please two more updates & still it’s stuck on 201 on my playlists please please can you sort this cos it’s now doing my head in thankyou…. Well after lots of updates you still haven’t sorted this, it’s obviously you don’t listen it’s still saying bloody 201 this is very irritating, I love this app it’s my favourite but I would love my playlists to be numbered probably again, is this much to ask please sort it

Bloody nuisance adverts.

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Crap of the first order

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2022-06-18

If they don’t stop forcing us to watch adverts on popular subjects and then a quick 5 second must watch when the first must watch has finished then I will defo Finnish using utube. It’s not as though they don’t make enough money without them. The alternative to not watch the ads is to submit to further costing. I am also positively sure that once they get enough paying members, then that charge will become compulsory to all. Then the bloody ads will start all over again. That is until a nasty premium membership to delete the ads will start and the mass of those that cannot afford it will have to keep watching the ads all over again. UTUBE stop being your own ruination and get real again.

Great app (request for features)

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Sam mousavi 12

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2022-06-03

This app is great so I am going to give it 4 star because it lacks two essential features (I am premium user so expecting to seeing at least in the premium account).

1- the possibility to add videos to a queue for play (similar to desktop version) at any level (main page and in the suggestion section). Sometimes you want to list all your videos in a queue and mind your business while they are played one by one) and NO watch later is not a good playlist for this purpose .

2- possibility to search for the playlist name when you want to add a video to your playlists. In current settings you have to go through your list of playlist to add a video to specific playlist so adding this search capability would essential.

Too Many Taps to Close a Video

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mechafractal

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2022-05-29

Too many taps and swipes required to close a video. Seriously you can fix your interface without it affecting your bottom line.

The following are gripes about the platform in general, not just this iOS app. My rating would still be 1 star just for the above reason.

Too many adverts. I get they're pushing the subscription model but it costs WAY too much! Also since there's so many ads, why are all successful content producers having to get sponsorships or ads in video. Am I to believe Google is fleecing the content producers as well as the content consumers?

Disproportionate number of ads for Google owned products and services. I get that it makes financial sense since it's free to advertise on a platform you own but it's not fair to other advertisers and from a viewer's perspective, 100 ads for the Google Pixel 6 is just really annoying. Also, "the best camera on a Pixel yet" is a meaningless phrase. All phone manufacturers can say that. Who ships a new flagship phone with a worse camera than their previous flagship phones??

A few very annoying glitches

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FabulousKittycatkiki

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2022-02-17

I’m addicted to this app but there’s a lot of glitches that have gotten worse and bug me constantly. First, a lot of videos on my homepage are missing. Like, the spaces they’re supposed to be in is just straight up blank. And, when I block a channel from appearing on my recommended, they almost always come back. A lot of these channels make inappropriate things and I’d rather not have that, but I can’t get rid of it because the blocked channels keep coming back and unblocking themselves. “We won’t recommend videos from this channel to you anymore” Yeah, well I know you will because you keep unblocking them! And I can’t get rid of the covid-19 updates and “events” bar. Every time I click “not interested”, a little bar says “okay, we’ll tune your recommendations” but as soon as I refresh, they’re back! These have been going on for a long time and I think it’s about time you FIX IT.

Great but TV app has annoying issue.

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tomljagogo

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2022-02-17

Version 17.06.3

I love the apps on all my devices but Apple TV App has an annoying issue that when you watch a video with auto play off. The video were watching to an end with a recommended video displayed, but you don’t play it and leave the app or sleep Apple TV. When come back to the app it starts playing the last video you watched, with just audio over the recommended video preview screen. This then means, it makes the video look like you haven’t already watched it and will resume from where it got to before you went back with the menu button if you replay the video. This should be fixed to not happen.

You tube has some great treasures to offer the world

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pink acid boots

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2022-02-05

You tube has some great content however ,it pays to be selective. I watch it every day , and enjoy it immensely. There is a certain person on it that is truly inspiring , that person being Prem Rawat , he has his own official channel. Mr Rawat has something to say that everyone would do well to listen to and take on board. His take on life and existence is unique and authentic, a practical way to know yourself more thoroughly and enjoyably. I would recommend this to anyone who has ever asked themselves is there more to existence than the craziness and disappointments of the world? If you are that person, then perhaps take a look , you will not be disappointed.

If the UI ain’t broke, please don’t fix it!

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RobPownall

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2021-11-04

As someone who has used the iPad app for years now, I will be using the app one day just fine, and then suddenly there will be an app update that has totally unnecessary changes to the user interface when I had been so comfortable with how it was before. The latest update however takes unnecessary changes to the UI to a whole different level to the point where the app is now just harder to use. In no way at all is the update to the arrangement of the buttons below the videos (i.e. the title, views, description button, like/dislike buttons and channel buttons) helpful. You end up going back and forth clicking the wrong thing when you only want to see the description! Please put it back to how it was before; if it ain’t broke don’t fix it!

Bloated and unfriendly

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Olly J S

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2021-10-04

This used to be much more user-friendly and accessible. Now every video is locked behind unskippable ads (and sometimes interrupted by them as well) which continue to get longer with every update.

The algorithm constantly feeds you what’s popular instead of what you’re interested in, to the extent that you can pinpoint comments from people who’ve been recommended a video on the same day as you.

Even if you’re subscribed to a channel, you might not see their videos anywhere in your feed unless you subject yourself to push notifications.

They do almost nothing to moderate their worst users, allowing all sorts of harmful content and comments while wilfully imposing random strikes and shadow bans on users who’ve done nothing wrong (generally because they’re not creating traditional content that generates revenue for Google).

And they trick you into feeding advertisers more insights into your behaviour through “quick surveys” that pinpoint your buying habits and make it even easier for them to disrupt your experience on the platform.

If there was another viable platform for video content, that’s where I’d be. Google is one of the least morally sound companies on the planet right now.

Way too glitchy recently

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Dem tunes!

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2021-09-04

This app has been getting glitchier and glitchier recently, and it really ruins the experience. 1) The homepage stops loading new videos pretty quickly if you scroll down, so it's hard to just scroll to find new videos 2) Refreshing the homepage makes any visible videos bug out, with the thumbnail remaining but unclickable. This also leads to posts/videos fusing together and looking very weird 3) The comments section bugs out in dark mode, turning everything white (making it unreadable in dark mode since the text remains white on a glitched white background) 4) Clicking read more on a comment sometimes doesn't work, and when it does it fuses the comments like above 5) Maybe not a bug but theres no option for a notification sound, which would be nice

Multiversity of hobby or interest is the like.

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🐌Thionin 🐞Once🐥SMG🐶Seba💏

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2021-08-24

Looking at the app it is ingenious at what one can find on here.. the more promising also is what one can find that is good positive focused and strong on topics one really is grasped by and can get engrossed in watching it… and not only on the go on mobile but also with bigger tablet getting cosy in bed … with a notepad to jot down the thoughts about watched films material. All is here and all can be found. It is fun it is hip and trendy. All can find their thing of their life lengths changing movies or short films and there’s such space force for interest development. It’s brilliant honest true and genuinely I can say I would love to get a book on You Tube on what to look for as much as how and what …. to what …to find! Great??! Great!!

Far too many ads

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Malnewt

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2020-12-09

This used to be a good platform but it’s been destroyed by monetisation. There are now far too many ads on videos, (the majority of which we all know are skipped, that’s why they’ve added timers to some so that you can’t skip them)

The other issue is the placement of those ads. Far too often they appear in totally the wrong place in the video anyway, ruining the moment or at critical points in the video. The way it’s going it won’t last much longer. People will be turned away by constant irrelevant advertising.

Another issue is the suggestions algorithm is all over the place. You only have to read some comments from people who have no idea why a certain video has been placed in their feed to realise that.

Great but why this?

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flame foxy

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2020-08-10

I love the app it great but- why did you update it where only laptop and computer users can change their profile picture???? I want to change my profile image but can’t! Not everyone has a laptop or computer please change this, And recently i found a glitch, I think it’s a glitch? Or somethin else. It makes it so it doesn’t load and my videos don’t come up in my recommended? It’s just all white and when I search it only comes up things that when you click/tap on them it takes you to another page full of more videos and you keep clicking on them it takes you to more videos and it keeps going, whenever I search for a certain thing that I watch a lot it takes me to channels even ones I didn’t even search for. Say If I searched for pewdiepie it would come up a lot of channels EXCEPT his channel. The same for the rest. Please fix this! Thanks :)

About the update and how it changed my review

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kthefluffyunicorn21_12

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2020-08-06

If the new update wouldn’t of happened I would’ve given the app five stars however since the update has been released I don’t really like how the layout of the videos are maybe it’s just because I’m used to it and how it looked before if you don’t know what I’m talking about its about how the New update The new update makes It’s so you have to scroll down instead of just tapping on a video I don’t like it because Once you found a video that you like you can’t go back to the videos that you’ve seen before and instead you just Have to scroll all the way back up to the top I really don’t like this update please remove it please it’s really annoying maybe I’ll get used to it but for now please please remove it.

Update issue

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luilefleur

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2020-07-10

There is a pop-up window that i have to update the app or close it. And I can't update it, becouse I have an older phone with iOS 10, so I can't use this app. I gave it 1 star, becouse if I click fast enough on a video app work perfectly, so you just did it to force people to update it, It's really frustraiting. I like my old phone, I don't want new one, I don't want new features in the app, if It's working perfectly, why you force me to update it? It's make no sense, even if there will be issues in the future, I don't care, I just want to wach videos and you don't let me, just becouse you can. So 1 star very deserved. I know you don't care about 1 user, but there a lot of people who can't afford new phone, you just don't care about poor people from other countries than USA or western europe. You proof that you no longer a company who cares, you become a big corporation who cares only if people buy new things.

Used to think this app was perfect

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louisi9

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2020-04-30

Until you moved the comments section. You did something because you could and now it’s totally dysfunctional. You go to press the X button to close out of replies (like you used to) and it closes the comment section altogether. Also, no gesture to swipe out of replies from the left edge makes it clunky for literally no reason. Also makes it too easy to close the comments section and lose where you were, do you guys not beta test?

Why do you guys have to change things that are fine as they are, there isn’t a single complaint about the location of the comment section in the reviews.

Moved comments update

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hudmcpie

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2020-04-29

The change to have the comment section above the recommended videos was unnecessary and is just confusing and not warranted. It’s rare I want to look the comments before other videos making this a generally bad change to layout. On top of that the choice to make the recommended video icons larger is also a poor one. It now not only takes longer to go through the videos, but it’s harder to tell what the video is based off of the thumbnail taking up most of the screen, resulting in more difficult navigation as well as a eye sore.

This change to layout wasn’t asked for and doesn’t improve the app in any way. Instead of changing the layout when it isn’t required, why not try and ensure that users can view the videos their subscribed channels and remove the surplus amount of ads that now make up most of the site.

Repeated updates that make app worse

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Ben-ken-84

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2020-01-06

App needs updating every few days and each update just makes the app worse. Latest update means that if you get a push alert to a response to a comment and click on the alert, the link doesn’t load the comment anymore - just loads the video and then you have to click on comments and scroll to find the comment in question. Just small things like this highlight why google will be playing back up to Apple for many years to come. Google start putting the end user at the centre of the experience, rather than endless geek tweaks that do nothing but make the app less user friendly.

Better for truth than the British press.

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mickenos

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2019-10-31

In recent months as the British press took to heavily censoring readers comments on contentious subjects such as politics.I found their deletion of comments they disagreed with, to be very annoying. With many reporters views if you disagree with them, your response or comment was summarlily dispensed with, as it might influence readers in the opposite way required by the publication or author. And so. Sick of wasting my time, I took to you tube, as did many other people. But to be fair, you tube also came u der attack from the business advertisers requirements. And thus people like Tommy Robinson were deleted out of our view. But, like the British press. You tube will lose their users if they keep bowing to their advertisers. As well simply go elsewhere again.

lovely things

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jane langlois

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2019-09-28

I’m writing this review to thank the people that put that on this website I thoroughly enjoy looking at what people can do with different things it’s amazing I love this website I have been looking at it for over four years I am a pensioner I live on my own and it gives me great pleasure in having something new to look at I also like Pinterest but with Pinterest when I say something they take it off my website which is not making me very happy there is so much lovely things to see and do your two websites are my company as I haven’t had very many people to talk to through the day so it gives me great company thank you again for this website and all the best for the future Jane x

Stability issues

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Goatrider2

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2019-08-04

Version 14.30.7

I love YT and use it for hours a day to listen to new music. I was having problems with the app crashing occasionally on my iPhone 7 so downloaded the recent version of YT and it’s got worse. Now every track pauses for a second or so at least ten times despite having a good 1gb internet connection and it seeming to have already loaded the subsequent 30 seconds or so of the track in the bar below. It also can’t get through an entire track without crashing. I pay for premium and have 1,000+ downloads - don’t know if this is related to the performance issues I’m experiencing? 5 stars otherwise but at present the app is unusable

Good

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Tyson-Warrior

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2019-07-06

It functions as it should but the whole money grubbing scene, advertisement-WITHIN-advertisement, is getting well out of hand. Kudos for timing the skip button in perfect sync with the video so you have no choice but to watch the second ad with no provided skip button some lasting between 00:30 seconds to 2:00 minutes.

Alas not the point, there is a health hazard warning I would very much like to point out... ASMR + Advertisement, personally and I am sure many people would agree, any ASMRtist that have ads within their videos should at least pre-warn listeners as I have damaged my hearing having my volume all the way up and ‘auto-play’ accidentally being left on and a very loud, booming advertisement plays... sometimes it’s at the end of the very same bloody video. 🙄🙄🙄

Aside from that particular HAZARD... yeah no it’s good...

It’s great but can be better!

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Emmy_899

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2019-05-13

I love this app so much!! I use it everyday and you can get all sorts of videos. Of course some types of these videos can be inappropriate for children under the age of 16. The point I want to make is that the app itself is great, but there are ads all the time. Now a lot of people presume that there would be a lot of ads because of this is a video platform. You can buy premium and get rid of ads which I think would be great but I would rather not. You can also go to your settings and change your picture tod how who you are when you comment. I forgot to mention that you have to verify your email account to be able to subscribe to other people! -REMINDER- Remember that this is just my opinion and if you download the app you will be able to see what your opinion is. But you never know unless you see. I hope you have read this review and decided to get this app because it is really good! ♥️💕😊

Removing video from screen is unintuitive

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microsandwich

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2018-10-23

Such a massive company and they still can’t get this video-in-the corner thing right. Why do you have to slide the main screen to the bottom right in order to make a small screen?

That’s been changed now to a little down ‘chit’ rather than an arrow pointing to where the screen is actually going to end up.

But that’s besides the point. To remove the video altogether, you have to shrink it, then slide it off to the right. It’s just too cryptic and hidden. It’s like they thought the ‘lets-drag-the-screen-to-the-bottom-right-because-its-a-neat-effect’ had to be put in just because they liked it and not because they thought about being intuitive.

So seriously, I’ve had to live with sliding screens to shrink and then swiping it off the screen to remove it for too long. To the point that we’ve gotten used to the absurdity, but are reminded of it every time we need to explain it to a new user.

You Tube

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KrazyFishy555

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2018-10-10

Find anything you wish to study learn explore here. From Artists sharing their amazing skills to profound wisdom talks by eminent scholars and spiritual teachers.

D.i.Y tutorials and endless variety of a labyrinth of information and entertainment.

Music library is extensive and covers even rare and obscure artists that it would be difficult to find anywhere else. Favourites can be saved in to personal files to view anytime. Possible to subscribe to particular channels that are of interest. Adverts can be a bit annoying at times but Can be skipped after 5 seconds and think you can pay not to have them now.

As an app it’s probably the best there is and it’s all freely available.

Is it getting worse?

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LeonhartUK

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2018-08-28

Short answer to that is yes, it is getting worse and especially if you stay a free user.

I understand that YT and Google live from advertising and selling users data and that's fine. It's been like since forever and people understood - but what Google and YT are doing now is criminal with ads in before, after, in the middle, popping and floating in between, prioritising paid video over relevant... How does it relate to this app? It's worse than browser edition as the pop up ads block most of the screen and before. The video doesn't predownload (buffer) as before unless you pay to download. I'm a premium user and I'm considering leaving YT for good and give a chance to other services that are upcoming and are being what YT once was - place dedicated to videos more than ads.

Video doesn't start where I left off

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Harpsichore

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2018-08-10

I used to be able to watch a video from my history from the point where I left off regardless if I've closed the app altogether or just minimised it by pressing the home button. Since the last couple of updates I'm only able to view videos from where I left off if I didn't close the app. Of I closed it videos would start from the beginning which is very annoying. Would be great to bring that feature back because otherwise the app is really good.

Since an earlier update I'm also not able to write a comment on the app, either it struggles bringing up the keyboard switch between SwiftKey and built in iPhone keyboard but sometimes it just hangs. What is more annoying that it also struggles to hide or discard comments when I'm unable to get the keyboard working. Hope this could be improved as I'm using the app daily.

Needs problem addressing

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ChurnedSlayer

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2018-02-14

The app is solid and very good. Works well with safari and switching to app automatically to view videos but when watching a playlist especially in low power mode the app sometimes locks up and freezes in between videos. The problem occurs regularly on my iPhone 6s Plus. I do not believe this to be a device issue as this is the only app the problem occurs on and when I view playlists on the safari website version the problem does not occur.

Pros. Good layout, works well with safari app switching, fast video loading and easy to use.

Cons. Playlist bug which very rarely occurs when viewing the same video multiple times, can lock up device for several seconds requiring a screen lock to sort out and screen rotation sometimes takes several attempts to register it has rotated.

Very good but on huge problem

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Bobleebob

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2017-11-25

When I’m watching a video and I I press the button to make the screen smaller there’s a button right next to it which can connect the video to the TV. This is a huge issue because sometimes I accidentally press it and it connects to the telly my parents or grandparents are watching if I don’t press the done button quick enough!! When I was at my grandparents before I was upstairs watching videos and they were downstairs watching telly. I pressed the button on accident because it’s too close to the zoom out button and 2 minutes later I could hear them unplugging the telly from the wall because they thought it was broken. Then I heard my grandma say there gonna get a new telly cause there’s is broke. I only figured out about 10 minutes later it was because I kept accidentally pressing that dang button. Please just move the button so it’s not near the zoom out button at all it would make everything easier

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