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Have you looked at the YouTube reviews on the iOS App Store? They're exceptionally horrible for what really is an A-grade app! I don't know for sure, by my assumption is it's mostly because of material design, but subconsciously to those writing reviews. The average basically plummeted the instant they updated the design.

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The problem with YouTube redesign is that it wastes a huge amount of space considering there are a lot of users rocking 4" iPhones. Basically a third of the screen is the top bars.

They also blown up the huge thumbnails for videos, so you can basically see 2 and half videos on the screen, compared to a much denser list before.

Not to mention the information density on the tablet : http://a3.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Purple69/v4/37/3f/0d/373f0d5d-...

Material design can be pretty nice, but not with horrible wasting of space where Google went completely overboard. This is BAD.

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