Upgrading to a new version of iOS is usually exciting because it brings with it all sorts of cool new features. But when users upgraded their iPhones and other iOS devices to iOS 6, or when they got devices like the iPhone 5 with iOS 6 pre-installed, something went missing.
Fix the old YouTube app in 2022!
The pre-loaded YouTube app that had been a fixture on the home screen of iOS devices since the very first iPhone was gone! Apple removed the old YouTube app in iOS 6, and the way many people watched YouTube videos on their iOS devices was gone entirely.
The app may be gone, but you can still use YouTube on iOS 6. Here's what you need to know.
The exact reason why the old YouTube app was removed from iOS 6 has never been made public, but it’s easy to come up with a good theory. Google owns YouTube. Apple and Google have clashed on many fronts in the smartphone market, and Apple may not have wanted to give YouTube the best treatment since Google owns it.
