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Author Topic: Youtube going down the drain for real.  (Read 5874 times)

ValkyriaL

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Youtube going down the drain for real.
« on: November 07, 2013, 07:55:04 AM »

Its only a matter of time now, you cannot comment on any videos unless you update to their piece of *** version and uplink youtube to your google account, that is good for nothing other than "its better because its the new version and we want to see your private information"

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« Last Edit: November 07, 2013, 08:04:57 AM by ValkyriaL »
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Re: Youtube going down the drain for real.
« Reply #1 on: November 07, 2013, 08:26:18 AM »

Since when have youtube comments even been worth reading?
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Re: Youtube going down the drain for real.
« Reply #2 on: November 07, 2013, 08:28:33 AM »

Not very often, unless its a Starsector video ::), now you can't comment at all unless you link it to google+.
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Re: Youtube going down the drain for real.
« Reply #3 on: November 07, 2013, 10:56:44 AM »

just make a dummy acount... its really easy
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Re: Youtube going down the drain for real.
« Reply #4 on: November 07, 2013, 01:01:12 PM »

You don't really need to enter any private information. Just an email address and an alias?
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Re: Youtube going down the drain for real.
« Reply #5 on: November 07, 2013, 02:19:38 PM »

just tested it, no need for g+, just email

still annoying as heck, but for now it's tolerable...

The power of monopoly at work I suppose, unless there can be a competitor to Youtube (and what are the chances of that?) they can essentially do whatever they want, a sad state of affairs T_T
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Re: Youtube going down the drain for real.
« Reply #6 on: November 09, 2013, 05:47:28 AM »

New YouTube comments FTW!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47Wv9Uuu0fQ

But seriously, even the original co-founder hates the new system:
http://www.youtube.com/user/jawed/feed

In case the post gets deleted, here's a screenshot:


Also, privacy then and now:
http://i.imgur.com/RxtgegF.jpg

I miss the old thing :(
Google used to be good (great?) now it's so useless. Everything. Even Chromium crashes on me a whole lot. I hate them.
« Last Edit: November 09, 2013, 05:49:06 AM by Garmine »
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