You buy the TV, Google 'upgrades' its software and then YouTube doesn't work ...
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/may/04/google-youtube-versions-upgrade-smart-tv "Did you buy a smart TV or set-top box or tablet any time before January 2013? Do you watch YouTube on it, perhaps through an app? Bad news: Google has shut down the feed that pushed content into the app." - - - Of course it's easy enough to buy a cheap Chromecast or Roku to continue delivering this content -- *but that's really not the point, is it?* Imagine if you bought a car and two years later you're told the manufacturer has suddenly removed support for second gear? --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein Twitter: http://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com _______________________________________________ nnsquad mailing list http://lists.nnsquad.org/mailman/listinfo/nnsquad
