I can't update YouTube on my iPad 2 that I got running again for the first time in years. It said it had been 70,000~ hours since last full charge. I wanted to use it to watch videos on when I'm going to bed. But I can't actually login to YouTube because the app is so old and I seemingly can't update it.

I was using the web browser and yeah I don't remember it being so damn slow. It's crazy how that is.

[–] Yaky@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 day ago

Is your iPad on iOS 9.3.5? It is infamously slow.

It is possible to downgrade it to 8.4.1 (faster, partially more broken) or even 6.1.3 (fast and old school, many apps don't work, but there are apps in Cydia to fix stuff).

Biggest issue I encountered is sites requiring TLSv1.3 for HTTPS encryption, and browsers simply do not support that.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

I have an old YouTube app on my iPad, and it still works fine. One of the more responsive apps on the device. I get nagged nearly every time I use it to update to the newest YouTube release, but that's impossible. I'd first have to upgrade my OS, and Apple no longer releases new OSes for this generation of iPads. So, I'm stuck with an old YouTube, which mostly works fine, and an occasional nag message.

I'm sure within a year or two mine will be like yours and YouTube will simply no longer work. But, for now it's in a relatively good spot where I can use a version of YouTube designed for this particular hardware that doesn't feel sluggish.