FYI
After Sept. 18, you’ll no longer be able to send or receive direct messages on YouTube as we focus our efforts on public convo tools (comments, posts, etc).
You can still share what you’re watching w/ others via the Share icon below videos.
More→ https://yt.be/help/9Hns
Appreciate your interest — currently, we have no news about its availability on iPads, but thanks for letting us know! We use the Send Feedback tool to track all requests: https://yt.be/help/feedback . Drop it there so the right team sees your comments.