Not only has Apple [3] created its own version of maps to replace the Google Maps app in iOS 6, but it's nixed the native YouTube app--a feature that has been included in iOS since its beginning.

Apple had this to say about the omission: “Our license to include the YouTube app in iOS has ended, customers can use YouTube in the Safari browser and Google is working on a new YouTube app to be on the App Store."

It's not clear which side (or both) prevented a renewal of the agreement, though The Verge [4] interprets the situation as "more evidence that the two companies want to kill one another." In other words, The Great Tech War Of 2012 [5] continues.

You'll still be able to download Google apps to your iOS devices, of course, but YouTube and Maps will no longer come pre-installed. The good news, if you like watching YouTube on your Apple device, is that the YouTube mobile website is more robust than its abandoned native app counterpart anyhow.

[Image: Flickr user Joe Edwards [6]]