[for-q-clinton]

What are these new features that required then to remove the old APIs? More forced commercials?

[SkyPilot]

What are these new features that required then to remove the old APIs? More forced commercials?

Yes, that's exactly it.

[House Atreides]

“What are these new features that required then to remove the old APIs? More forced commercials?”
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Yep, GOOGLE is all about the advertising buck and the money they can get from selling data about you and your habits/interests.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Bingo! More ad revenue. YouTube is struggling and is a big money loser for Google.

WSJ, 2/25/15: “YouTube: 1 Billion Viewers, No Profit;
Revenue growing at Google video site, but still limited by narrow audience”

http://www.wsj.com/articles/viewers-dont-add-up-to-profit-for-youtube-1424897967