Given how most of us rely on just the web browser to get our work done, that's what Chrome OS aims to do. Google believes that the web and cloud are the future. To name a few of the things against the TOS of YouTube that third party clients often disregard downloading of all types videos for offline use, not showing advertisements, etc. Lastly if Google were as evil or pathetic as many of you make it out to be, I am pretty sure it could raise legal concerns with just about every third party YouTube client found on Windows Phone and likely get many of them removed. This allows us to analyse the attitudes each company has regarding each other and the similarities are stark. The situation of Google on personal computers is similar to the situation of Microsoft with Windows Phone(underdog) and the situation of Google with smartphones is similar to Microsoft's domination of personal computers. So, I think we can safely assume, Microsoft doesn't support Android out of the goodness of their hearts, they do it because they are compelled to, the same way Google is compelled to actively maintain its applications on Windows for desktop. Microsoft wants Chrome OS users to use the much less functional web client, the same way Google wants people to use the much less functional YouTube web client. This is what is happening with Windows Phone but if you look at the other side of the spectrum Microsoft doesn't actively support Chrome OS either. When an operating system is an underdog, just about every competitor wants it to die early before it poses a serious threat. Microsoft supports Android primarily because it doesn't have much choice, why would it want to miss the opportunity to provide its applications to over a billion users? I'm not saying it's right, but just the way it currently is. So hurl the blame at Microsoft, not developers doing the best they can with what they got.Äownload Tubecast Pro 1.2 for Windows 8.1 (opens in new tab) (Free, optional in-app purchase)Äownload Tubecast Pro 3.0 for Windows Phone (Free, optional in-app purchase) Until Windows 10 comes around, developers will constantly have to make these trade-off calls. While unfortunate, considering the app is about YouTube and casting, the other two programming choices are not just not options. So, of the three limitations listed, Tubecast has gone with the third: you cannot install to the SD card. Silverlight 8.0 does not let you install the app to the SD card.Silverlight 8.1 loses the Background Audio Agent because Microsoft removed this API.WinRT lacks "run under lock" API, which is needed for casting.As usual, they have to do with limitations that Microsoft has on individual APIs, which tie the hands of developers, in short: It does seem counterintuitive, but the developers behind the app have their reasons. Some people have noted (and complained) that Tubecast for Windows Phone still uses "legacy" Silverlight 8.0 instead of Silverlight 8.1 or even WinRT APIs.
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