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> YouTube said in a statement Thursday that it isn’t planning to launch a new app for the Apple Vision Pro, nor will it allow its longstanding iPad application to work on the device. YouTube, like Netflix, is recommending that customers use a web browser if they want to see its content: “YouTube users will be able to use YouTube in Safari on the Vision Pro at launch.”

> Spotify also isn’t planning a new app for visionOS — the Vision Pro’s operating system — and doesn’t expect to enable its iPad app to run on the device, according to a person familiar with matter. But the music service will still likely work from a web browser. Bloomberg News reported on Netflix’s decision Wednesday.

Emphasis mine. No need for Apple loyalists to convince themselves that they never liked these services anyway.

Oh the irony if web apps end up saving the Vision Pro.

Next up – companies must pay Apple 30% of their annual revenue in order to have their websites accessible on Safari.

Is Safari still sending nasty popups if you tap too much on Websites in Full Screen in the line of "WebApps aren't permitted in Full Screen Mode" ?

Apple control iOS, iPadOS and visionOS. Not only that, but they made their UI frameworks screen resolution/size independent some years ago. I am sure Apple will be able provide a premium ‘native’ experience for existing deployed iPad apps with minimal to no additional effort on their part. Does Catalyst ring a bell?

The apps need to be enabled to run on other xOS devices, an iPad can run iOS apps but the developer need to enable the flag.

In this instance it would be the same, visionOS can run iPadOS but the devs won't enable the flag.

If Apple strong arm them to run without a flag it can get pretty messy for Apple since they would be taken over control of what the app developers allow or not with their own apps.

Also developers would just put their own application logic to detect portal size etc and disable it that way.

I don’t use either of these services in existing VR headsets and experience no loss. Odds are low I’m gonna shed tears about their absence on one more headset.

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I should add that that I can certainly expect many people who might buy this won't be thrilled, and for them if this is the kind of thing they are interested in, I would understand their dissapointment.

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