Of course it's ok, in fact the same thing exists with Android and iOS, anybody can use them but just be aware they are subject to change and since the vendor is the one changing them they can use them knowing they won't break their own apps, the app store actively blocks distribution of apps that use private APIs for exactly that reason but cydia doesn't and I pretty sure Google Play doesn't. The only one that actually enforces restrictions on private APIs (albeit only through their own channel - which of course is the only official one) is Apple.

They aren't stripping anything, RTFA.

Under what part of the DMCA does violating the terms of service of an API make you criminally liable?

It's not only possible, it's highly likely, in fact Apple does the same thing with iOS and Google does the same thing with Android.

Because they are subject to change and not available to 3rd parties, just like the private APIs that Apple has in iOS or the private APIs that Google has in Android, the difference is here they aren't private APIs, they are publicly available and used by non-Google entities.

Citation that he agrees with the message in the video that Microsoft respects your privacy more than Google.

I'm downloading it anyway, why download it again and use up their bandwidth and mine just to watch it again.

They aren't stripping out anything. If you bothered to look at the APIs or RTFA you would see they aren't providing the API to display the ads and Microsoft are asking them to do that to bring them toward TOS compliance.

So is jailbreaking, you approve of jailbreakers being criminally convicted too? Or using ad-blockers on youtube, more criminal convictions there? What about all the youtube downloaders on the google play store? Seems pretty damn hypocritical to allow them to exist.

Well obviously they are publicly available, otherwise they would be able to use them.

iOS is a dominant player and a vehicle for getting Google's services out there, iOS is big enough that not supporting won't kill iOS and it will only be a negative for Google. Supporting Windows Phone gives them next to no benefit at this stage and they are probably in a position to gain by preventing competition in the mobile OS space by doing it.

Yeah but this is Microsoft, yes ad-blocking and video downloading are good for the consumer, but Microsoft is the one doing it so that makes it bad.

In fact Google even allows YouTube downloaders on their own marketplace.

I'd say most people here use ad-blockers and youtube downloaders too.

Bullshit, they allow youtube downloaders in their own app store!

And this is a clear case of preventing an open web, if it were a truly open web then there would be no problem here. There are plenty of youtube downloaders and adblockers out there, why aren't they blocking them?

Which is good, the APIs are all out there and publicly visible.

Which are both great things for consumers! In fact ad-blockers are widely used by people as are youtube downloaders, should these be banned and prevented from being used too?

Can you show me where you got that information? That doesn't seem right.