Excited about YouTube content through Verizon?

Does the thought of killing time waiting in line while watching a few YouTube clips through your cellphone sound enticing? With Verizon launching YouTube support through their VCast service, there is plenty to look forward to. Or is there?

From a recent NYTimes article titled YouTube coming soon to cellphones, Gizmodo brings to light the fact that YouTube content served up via VCast will be censored.

The videos you’ll actually be able to see are ones that have been “selected and approved by the companies…that [have] the broadest appeal and highest entertainment value.” Um, isn’t that the very definition of censorship? And what are the odds that some of the selected videos you’ll see are ads for soap?

How lame! Thank goodness for smartphone developers who are taking the initiative to support flash video playback software suitable for YouTube playback. Treo users already have YouTube “capabilities” thanks to the integrated media player. Any Verizon customers who are actually looking forward to this service?