"this YouTube issue affects multiple devices across multiple brands for the exact same reasons" Well no quite, I understand there may be devices that are not HTML5 capable, and required a Flash video player, but this is not the case here. At least in the TVs where my app works, you are simply having a configuration or support issue that removed the YouTube app from devices that are actually CAPABLE of running the newer app. You don't need to update the TV firmware or do something costly, you just have to check a couple of checkmarks in a webform and all this people would recover YouTube on their TVs.... ... View more

I'm more than willing to distribute my app thru the Smart Hub, as long as you accept that I'm a single individual developer living in a 3rd world country, and hence I cannot pay for doing it so. To be clear, my main focus is to distribute in my own country, and for I saw in the page, the app would be only distributed in the US unless I sign a contract with you. So of none of that is really required, please help me to upload it to the SmartHub. Or if you prefer to endorse an open source app, I can publish the code in no time. Seriously there isn't something hidden, complex, dangerous, out of usage terms or whatever on it. ... View more

I'm banned to publish the link here, but try search google for "oldtube smart" ... View more

I've updated the app so when you are scrolling thru results, if you press the RETURN or SEARCH buttons it will take you back to the search input. Hope that makes it more useful. ... View more

I certainly hear the issue about going back to top one by one for searching a new thing. I'll try to figure it out. Probably the return key should bring you back to the search bar first.  Alternative should be  About the navigation speed, is as slow as the original YouTube app. That is a limitation of the TV hardware which is really not powerful for running Javascript. I'm certain the video decoding goes thru a very different hardware path than the app code...   There is no proxy or anything alike. I believe you understood "Brazil" because I told that the app calls the search api with the TV set language to try to improve local results, and  Dada5000 had trouble with that originally because it was failing to correctly set Brazil's Portuguese.   The deal with some videos not showing up is that they are configured for not being available for embedding as an iframe; which is the only officially supprted way from YouTube to embed a video out of their own apps or site.    I could configure the search to avoid showing these; but that would require to split the search section for videos and playlists separatelly. I'm open for voting what to do there.  ... View more

As far as i could be "happy" far my app being reviewed. The most harmful thing an app can do is turn up the volume... Apps are only webpages and are as sandboxed as any page can be. I honestly believe that is just a bunch of b*t is giving me here.     ... View more

@AntS seriously, there is nothing "unauthorized" here. Using the TV in dev mode and install your own app is a PERFECTLY VALID USE CASE DUDE! ... View more

Exactly how it could harm the TV? It is perfectly valid, and documented and publicly released by Samsung itself how to develop and install an app yourself. http://developer.samsung.com/tv/develop/legacy-platform-library/art00013/index ... View more

To his is OUTRAGEOUS:   Not only SAMSUNG DOES NOTHING TO HELP WITH THE PROBLEM, THEY ALSO REMOVE MY POSTS!   So they have the money to pay people to do nothing better than moderate here but they don't invest in their customers... nice...   This is the message that just arrived to me   Hello oldtube, You have received a private message in the Samsung Community community. Subject:  Re: Samsung Smart TV says Youtube will no longer be availabe fron 30Th June. WHY?   From: AntS  Date: 21-07-2017 03:17 PM  Hi Oldtube. :smileyhappy:   As it contained a very much unauthorised solution we've removed your relevant posts and the replies to it from the above thread.   We appreciate the sentiment from you here, though, and would very much like you to still contribute to the Community.   If you do have any further questions, or if I can help you in way, then please don't hesitate to ask (either me or any of the other Moderators and Community Managers).   Ant   Pleas go and  :smileyhappy: someone else.   ... View more