Comment on YouTube says goodbye to decade-old video player UI, but users hate the new design
Swuden@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoSpeaking as a software dev, that’s probably not the case. They probably started completely from scratch and so the inclusion of features depends on reimplementing them on the new platform. It could be as simple as not being ready yet or maybe stats show them that so few people use the feature that they don’t find it worth reimplementing it.
reseller_pledge609@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
I’m not a software dev, but that’s what I was thinking when I said maybe there’s a reason for it. I still feel like it’s a shit change, but that’s because I use the function.