Not true. When was the last time anyone on this page actually used these services?
They solved this problem a while ago. Try it out. Grab your iOS device, search a VEVO video in MobileSafari. Assuming the owner didn't block all mobile playback, it'll play just fine, including a pre-roll ad that you can't skip.
The YouTube app for iOS devices only lists fully unprotected videos with no advertising or restrictions. However, MobileSafari has never had this restriction and has offered ad-supported YouTube videos via HTML5 for quite some time now.
They solved this problem a while ago. Try it out. Grab your iOS device, search a VEVO video in MobileSafari. Assuming the owner didn't block all mobile playback, it'll play just fine, including a pre-roll ad that you can't skip.
The YouTube app for iOS devices only lists fully unprotected videos with no advertising or restrictions. However, MobileSafari has never had this restriction and has offered ad-supported YouTube videos via HTML5 for quite some time now.