Alternative YouTube Application 'Juno' Removed From App Store Vision Pro

Juno app display (photo: dock. Christian Selig)

JAKARTA Since Vision Pro launched, Google has not added a YouTube app to the device. Alternative apps to YouTube access also appear, but Google doesn't like it.

The app is Juno, a platform created by Christian Selig to access YouTube. Initially, this application was available on the App Store and users could download it easily. However, now the app has been withdrawn at Google's request.

This news was confirmed directly by Selig via its official website. Selig stated that Google had contacted him about months before Juno's app was withdrawn from the App Store. Google says Juno didn't comply with YouTube guidelines.

The YouTube developer also explained that a third party could not change the YouTube website into an application and use it as a trademark or iconography. Responding to the statement, Selig admitted that he did not agree.

"Juno is just a web view, and acts as a browser extension that modifies CSS to make websites and video players look more like 'visionOS'. No logo is placed other than on websites," Selig explained.

Although Selig's statement makes quite sense, Google doesn't seem to want to understand. The company finally submitted the app deletion to Apple and this submission was accepted. That way, users must again access YouTube via websites.

Selig menyatakan bahwa dirinya tidak akan melawan keputusan Google untuk membuat kembali aplikasi Juno. Ini bukan pertama kalinya Selig terlibat masalah dengan perusahaan besar. Selig pernah terlibat dalam pertarungan besar dengan Reddit karena perubahan API.