# Is it just me, or does iPad have a hard time with YouTube? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 6, 2012, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-does-ipad-have-a-hard-time-with-youtube/636895 "2012-10-06T12:54:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-does-ipad-have-a-hard-time-with-youtube/636895/21 "2012-10-07T12:04:53Z")
The new YouTube app is actually better - the old one only played globally accessible videos (e.g. if a music video were only available in certain countries, you wouldn’t be able to watch it, even if you were in one of those countries). The new one seems to recognise where you are and allows you to watch such videos. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-does-ipad-have-a-hard-time-with-youtube/636895/22 "2012-10-07T13:01:39Z")
I think ultimately Jobs will be proved correct (if not decisive by his very actions). Bulling for HTML 5 was ballsy, and difficult for users, but he could get away with it for obvious reasons, and will not tie the medium to a proprietary standard. Like some systems he knew. ---
**Author:** ![Szlater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Szlater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Szlater)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-does-ipad-have-a-hard-time-with-youtube/636895/23 "2012-10-07T14:08:41Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > I think ultimately Jobs will be proved correct (if not decisive by his very actions). Bulling for HTML 5 was ballsy, and difficult for users, but he could get away with it for obvious reasons, and will not tie the medium to a proprietary standard. Like some systems he knew. You could argue that he has already been proved right considering that [Adobe has abandoned development of Flash for android and other mobile platforms](http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/11/adobe-kills-mobile-flash/). The lack of Flash on iOS devices was never the handicap that people claimed. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-does-ipad-have-a-hard-time-with-youtube/636895/24 "2012-10-07T15:25:11Z")
> [@Richard\_Pearse](#): > > Yep. iOS 6 here. The links redirect to the mobile YouTube website for me, maybe that’s not happening for the OP. Are you getting an m. address or a www. address? Same deal, iOS6/iPad 3, and if I clicked those links it’d automatically open the YouTube app and play fine. However, I had to uninstall the app to get it to launch in safari by default. Big red banner that said this content wouldn’t play on this device. Bullshit! I copied the link and pasted it in Crome and the Mercury browser for the iPad, and a big, beautiful YouTube page loaded, and played the vid without a hitch. Must be an iOS/Safari hitch. ---
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-does-ipad-have-a-hard-time-with-youtube/636895/25 "2012-10-07T16:37:40Z")
> [@Richard\_Pearse](#): > > Yep. iOS 6 here. The links redirect to the mobile YouTube website for me, maybe that’s not happening for the OP. Are you getting an m. address or a www. address? I get a www. Should I get am m? ---
**Author:** ![Szlater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Szlater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Szlater)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-does-ipad-have-a-hard-time-with-youtube/636895/26 "2012-10-07T16:39:04Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > I get a www. Should I get am m? Are you using safari? ---
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-does-ipad-have-a-hard-time-with-youtube/636895/27 "2012-10-07T17:29:57Z")
> [@Szlater](#): > > Are you using safari? Yes, but based on comments here I just downloaded chrome. It does open an m version and the videos play fine. problem solved - Thanks! But I’m still curious what is wrong with my safari. ---
**Author:** ![Szlater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Szlater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Szlater)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-does-ipad-have-a-hard-time-with-youtube/636895/28 "2012-10-07T17:34:54Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Yes, but based on comments here I just downloaded chrome. It does open an m version and the videos play fine. problem solved - Thanks! > > But I’m still curious what is wrong with my safari. Did you do a reset after you removed the YouTube app that you were using? Maybe there was some interaction between that app and safari that didn’t clear when you removed the app. ---
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-does-ipad-have-a-hard-time-with-youtube/636895/29 "2012-10-07T17:36:15Z")
Ok, just cleared cookies from settings, now safari’s playing ball again. Must’ve had a bum cookie or something. Thanks all for the input. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-does-ipad-have-a-hard-time-with-youtube/636895/30 "2012-10-07T20:01:54Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Ok, just cleared cookies from settings, now safari’s playing ball again. Must’ve had a bum cookie or something. Thanks all for the input. Gonna try this, didn’t think to do that, thanks! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-does-ipad-have-a-hard-time-with-youtube/636895/31 "2012-10-08T15:40:45Z")
If it’s any consolation, on my Android tablet YouTube videos occasionally will say something like “The content owner has not made this video available on mobile.” Which is puzzling, I wonder if making a video available on mobile is opt-in or opt-out, and why wouldn’t you want it available on mobile? ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-does-ipad-have-a-hard-time-with-youtube/636895/32 "2012-10-08T16:44:23Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > If it’s any consolation, on my Android tablet YouTube videos occasionally will say something like “The content owner has not made this video available on mobile.” Which is puzzling, I wonder if making a video available on mobile is opt-in or opt-out, and why wouldn’t you want it available on mobile? I rarely post to YouTube, but I have a Vimeo Plus account that I upload to regularly, and under the video settings, there’s a checkbox to compress a mobile version as well. My only guess why it’s not checked on by default, is that Vimeo (or YouTube), while huge, doesn’t have infinite server space. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-does-ipad-have-a-hard-time-with-youtube/636895.md?page=1)