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Re: Show HN: iOS App that saves videos for offline viewing (Super Bowl Ads Demo)

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Post by cowchase » Mon, Feb 04, 2013, 12:21 PM UTC

youngerdryas wrote: post #10

cowchase wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's just a matter of time until Apple kills this app. Not even web browsers are allowed to save downloaded YouTube videos for offline use ( http://www.icab.de/blog/2013/01/26/app-reviews-are-unpredict... ).

iCab can download videos and is far and away the best browser for iOS. http://www.icab.de/mobile.html

iCab Mobile had to remove the YouTube download function with the latest update:

Apple rejected the update. The reason was not the bugfix, they rejected the App because of a feature that was available for years in iCab Mobile and which is also available in hundreds of other Apps in the AppStore. They rejected the App because it is able to download videos from YouTube so you can watch the videos offline.

Re: Show HN: iOS App that saves videos for offline viewing (Super Bowl Ads Demo)

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Post by sgehlich » Mon, Feb 04, 2013, 12:28 PM UTC

randomchars wrote: post #9

emeidi wrote: post #6

Finally, Instapaper for Video!

There already was an instapaper for video. It was called Spool. First, Google asked them to not download YouTube videos, then Facebook acquired the company and they shut down.

Actually, watchlater is older than Spool...

Re: Show HN: iOS App that saves videos for offline viewing (Super Bowl Ads Demo)

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Post by youngerdryas » Mon, Feb 04, 2013, 12:36 PM UTC

cowchase wrote: post #11

youngerdryas wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

iCab can download videos and is far and away the best browser for iOS. http://www.icab.de/mobile.html

iCab Mobile had to remove the YouTube download function with the latest update: Apple rejected the update. The reason was not the bugfix, they rejected the App because of a feature that was available for years in iCab Mobile and which is also available in hundreds of other Apps in the AppStore. They rejected the App because it is able to download videos from YouTube so you can watch the videos offline.

This really bad for the developer as he is on his blog apologizing for the loss of a feature. Apparently it is only disabled for YouTube, whose ToS Apple has to respect. Guess I won't be upgrading cause it is so useful to download on wifi rather than burn mobile data. Also videos disappear never to be seen again.