using the old YouTube app in 2022!

a trip down memory lane

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[AndreaCopellino]

This was such a strange app, the icon that didn't even reference YouTube, the UI that simply followed the general iOS aesthetic of the time, completely overriding the brand identity of the platform, wonder if we'll ever see something like this again

[CYLITM]

Yes I get to see it working again! Nostalgia!

[Jesse_mlo]

The one thing I really liked about the old youtube app was you could play audio from a video while the screen was locked. I remember I refused to update my iOS for over a year because I didn't want to lose that feature

[iClassic]

would y’all like to see a proper tutorial on this??

[bilboswaggins]

such a big smile on my face watching this. I had forgotten exactly what the UI looked like and maaaan this video took me back. I would watch smosh, failarmy, the fine brothers, LMFAO music vids and all the other OGs when I got home from school on this very app. Simpler times, thank you for the smiles!

[bls]

It's so cool to see this back in action! I had an iPod touch 4th gen back in the day, and this was one of my most-used apps.

[GeForce]

Does anyone else remember when music videos weren’t viewable on mobile? It annoyed the heck out of me lol, I think it started when Vevo started taking over the music side of Youtube and music videos would only show up on the search results on a computer

[shybzrk]

The nostalgia. Started with a used iPod Touch 2 in 2009. Looking back it's wild how the app used to have no YT branding, including the random app icon. I've been an android user since 2016 but I love looking back at old iOS. Really enjoying the channel

[nateholden]

I actually like the old stuff a lot better!
Would definitely prefer this over the YouTube App that we have now!

[TheSUPERWIND]

Skeumorphism was always my favorite design, it screams character.

[MatitaFox]

I love the old YouTube UI overall. It just feels right (and, of course, nostalgic :D).

[shaneintegra]

I miss the old youtube days. It was so humble and no large corporations

[xtraz]

I remember seeing that YouTube logo on the iPhone 3GS about over 10 years now, throwback ✨

[alanl]

I was so obsessed with the education category on the YouTube app. It even disappeared on their website—well sorta… it just isn’t the same anymore.

[アレン-fx]

now i want the old youtube website design just like it was in 2010. youtube redux extension with a couple other extensions looks okay, but i want it to look EXACTLY like it did in 2010.

[paulguy]

I think its really good & interesting to see how far things have progressed, and to be reminded how things started out! If nobody kept an iPhone like you did, with all the Original Functionality still Intact then people would forget (the way Big Tech seem to want people to)! If only Apple back then included a ‘Battery Health’ feature, it would have been interesting to see the state of the battery in that iPhone after 10 or so years!

Thanks for doing this!

[Alt_ravn]

Man I miss the old days on YouTube on the app

[ChouhMiuh]

iClasic, I've been subscribed to you for four months. your videos are always fantastic. :)

[mynintendogamingfeed]

I'd love me an old YouTube App, along with the habit breaker of hiding the API key; the API keys need not be hidden...

[joshs]

Pretty neat. Never really used the app that much, but was a neat idea, really nostalgic