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Re:The limits of Google’s openness by jmillikin on Thursday August 15, 2013 @05:12PM (#6220638)
Are you sure? I believe I remember my iPad being unable to play videos with ads, and having such videos not even show up in search results. Separately, some videos would not play on mobile or when embedded, but those seemed to be much more rare.
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Re:The limits of Google’s openness by itafroma on Thursday August 15, 2013 @05:25PM (#6220705)
Yes, I'm quite sure. Load up any monetized video on Apple TV or any iOS device that's still running iOS 5 or earlier. It will work just fine and play no ads. Here's an example video I just tested to confirm: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2HZWHimKas On the web or in the official YouTube apps, there's a required pre-roll ad; on iOS5- and Apple TV, nothing.
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