Nearly 2 years ago (Sept. 27th 2021) they removed sign-in support for Android versions <= 2.3.7 and nearly 3 years ago (Sept. 20th 2020) they removed YouTube web app support for Android versions < 4.0.
The latter is kinda sad. That YouTube web app opened videos in the browser’s video player and it didn’t support Ads. Yep, you didn’t even need Ad blocker.
Unfortunately I don’t have the original screenshots, just this image I quickly put together for something, but it partially shows the simple (good) YouTube UI: Image link for compatibility
Nearly 2 years ago (Sept. 27th 2021) they removed sign-in support for Android versions <= 2.3.7 and nearly 3 years ago (Sept. 20th 2020) they removed YouTube web app support for Android versions < 4.0.
The latter is kinda sad. That YouTube web app opened videos in the browser’s video player and it didn’t support Ads. Yep, you didn’t even need Ad blocker.
Unfortunately I don’t have the original screenshots, just this image I quickly put together for something, but it partially shows the simple (good) YouTube UI:
Image link for compatibility