I have always believed that there is not enough RAM in the Hoppers to support running any of those video apps, Netflix, YouTube, etc. Just my take.
For the original Hoppers, you may very well be correct, since that model does not even have Netflix, the last time I checked. However, Dish's advertising (or at least the ads from a reseller that I get in my weekly junk mail) does not exactly make this clear. It prominently displays the Netflix and YouTube logos, along with a message "YouTube now available on your Hopper!" without specifying which Hopper models actually support these apps. To make things worse, the specific Hopper model pictured next to these blurbs is a
Hopper Duo. The Hopper Duo does support Netflix (I use that all of the time) but still does
not have YouTube. Also, as I have already said, the Hopper 1 does not support either app. You may think that last part does not make any difference, since these ads are intended to attract new customers, rather than advertise a feature to existing customers. However, some new customers with really poor credit are still being installed with Hopper 1's, and I imagine that they would be very disappointed to find out that their brand-new Hopper does not have all of the advertised features. To make things even worse, by the time they find this out, they are now locked into a two-year contract with a very hefty early termination fee that they most likely cannot possibly afford to pay. This whole situation smells of bait-and-switch. So, I really hope that Dish cracks down on this type of advertising, to make absolutely sure that their advertising claims are crystal-clear,
before the customer signs up for service.