My parents have got a sony TV and one of the reasons they purchased it over other tvs, was because it was advertised as having youtube built in, so they could watch youtube on it, without needing any addon box. But it looks like the sony app for you tube will stop working on the 20th April. The TV is a little over 2 years old. Apparently their newer tvs don't have this problem, as they have a newer youtube app. But doesn't look like sony are going to update older models with this new app. The newer models apparently have 2 youtube apps, the older version and the newer one. So now to watch youtube, they will need to buy an addon box like an appletv or chromecast. I am wondering what the legal rights are with this sort of thing, as it was advertised as having youtube built in, and 2 years isn't a long life for it. Anyone else affected by this? Does totally turn you off smarttvs, if the apps stop working this soon after purhcase. I notice that the NZ sony website don't mention that youtube is being phased out at all, but the tv does have a note by the app that youtube will cease work on the 20th of april, and to go to the youtube website for more information. But the youtube website doesn't give any info on a solution, and it looks like sony are putting the responsibility onto youtube for it.
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