{"id":356204,"date":"2021-10-21T18:45:41","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T15:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/now-roku-might-lose-youtube-too-review-geek\/"},"modified":"2021-10-21T18:45:41","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T15:45:41","slug":"now-roku-might-lose-youtube-too-review-geek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/now-roku-might-lose-youtube-too-review-geek\/","title":{"rendered":"#Now Roku Might Lose YouTube Too \u2013 Review Geek"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Now Roku Might Lose YouTube<\/a> Too \u2013 Review Geek”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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None of these big companies can get along these days. Unfortunately, the fight between Roku and Google has only escalated, and things aren\u2019t looking good. After Roku removed YouTube TV from its platform and TVs earlier this year, the two still can\u2019t reach a deal, and now the regular YouTube app<\/a> will be removed next.<\/p>\n

For those unfamiliar, both Google and Roku claim they\u2019re in the right and asking for a fair contract when it comes to streaming content. But as a result, we all lose. Negotiations broke down earlier this year, and Roku ditched Google\u2019s YouTube TV live streaming app, but Google quickly created a workaround and put it inside the regular YouTube app.<\/p>\n

Since then, existing users have enjoyed both the YouTube and YouTube TV apps, while new users can only access YouTube TV through Google\u2019s workaround.<\/p>\n

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However, come December 9th, the regular YouTube app will be removed from Roku devices once the current deal expires, but hopefully, existing users aren\u2019t affected.<\/p>\n

Roku released an\u00a0update on the situation<\/a>\u00a0today, suggesting that Google wants a special deal that includes modifying search results and accessing more data than any other streaming provider. However, Google continues to deny this and claims it only wants to renew the existing contract.<\/p>\n

In a report by Axios<\/a>, Google confirmed<\/a> that the current deal expires on December 9th, and if the two can\u2019t agree to a new one, the Roku platform will lose the standard YouTube app for all new customers. Here\u2019s what Google had to say:<\/p>\n

\u201cSince our negotiations with Roku earlier this year, we\u2019ve continued to work with them to find a resolution that benefits our mutual users. Roku has once again chosen to make unproductive and baseless claims rather than try to work constructively with us. Since we haven\u2019t been able to continue our conversations in good faith, our partnership for all new Roku devices will unfortunately end on December 9. We are, however, giving Roku the ability to continue distributing both YouTube and YouTube TV apps to all existing users to make sure they are not impacted.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

As you can see, Google ends the statement by stating whether or not existing users can continue to access the apps is Roku\u2019s decision. Either way, this isn\u2019t good for anyone and is borderline ridiculous.<\/p>\n

Losing access to YouTube TV is a big deal, but losing access to the regular YouTube app is obviously far worse as it\u2019s the most popular video platform on the internet. We\u2019ll report back once we know more.<\/p>\n

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