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Gokunama

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Sep 13, 2008
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myVideos has been awesome! I hate redownloading YouTube videos that I want to see again, and myVideos downloads are higher quality YouTube video than Apple's inbuilt YouTube app.

myVideos latest update was rejected, and Apple wants the YouTube download button removed before they approve the update.

Might that mean Apple means to enable YouTube downloads to HD in their next major update? That would be nice, but if that's the reason they won't allow YouTube downloads to HD within apps, then I hope the downloads are as high quality as myVideos downloads.

I halfway doubt Apple will implement high quality downloads, but I'd be thrilled if they did.

Either way, I hope the current myVideos will still run smoothly on the 3.0 OS. The folder functions of myVideos are so much better than scrolling through loads of downloads. The developer has been great, and I also hope his update with YouTube download button will eventually be approved. He doesn't plan on updating his app for the time being, given that one of the major draws of his app would have to be removed.
 

fishkorp

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Apr 10, 2006
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Ellicott City, MD
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Pretty sure it was rejected because downloading the videos violates YouTube's TOS and is copyright violation in some instances.
 

The Phazer

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Oct 31, 2007
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London, UK
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Pretty sure it was rejected because downloading the videos violates YouTube's TOS and is copyright violation in some instances.

Yep, it'll have been rejected because it's illegal in many countries to do this, and because YouTube's copyright licences with it's few legitimate content providers state that they will help them to prevent downloads as much as possible.

Phazer
 

Gokunama

macrumors 6502a
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Sep 13, 2008
958
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Curious as to why YouTube would make that a violation of TOS... anyways that's a definite bummer.
 
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