Google Removes Forced Google+ Integration For YouTube

[Steve the Pocket]

If mandatory integration of a Facebook wannabe wasn't bad enough on its own, the way they went about it was a complete clusterfuck. Back when this first happened, it walked me through some process to convert my account, offered the ability to create a custom name for my YouTube profile, stuff that actually made me appreciate the change, and then the next thing I know I somehow have three YouTube accounts: one with my real name, one with my avatar and the new name I had entered... and the original one that still had all my videos in it and now didn't even have an avatar or the ability to add one. I've never heard of it happening to anyone else, so maybe there was a fix for it, but I never did find out what it was. Somehow I doubt whatever they do next is going to fix it.

 

[Something Amyss]

Kind of showed a big shift in philosophy from Google. While this things were optional, they won't from promoting keeping your personal identity safe to 'hey everyone you should use your real name!'. Google was a company that started with a "do no evil" motto but this was the point where they really gave in to shareholders/advertisers to start doing Facebook style profiling & tracking to create targeted adds.

Still really not seeing a problem here. If I were to list the ways in which this has impacted me, I would make the first entry "[to be added]"

 

[Cid Silverwing]

I still remember every time I clicked "no" to that naggy integration message, my active YouTube session would get spammed with reminders like 10 times over on the top-bar. I'd link the video of someone showing what Google+'s advertised functions were VS reality, but I can't seem to find it.

Fuck Google+, you will not be missed. You deprived piece of absolute cancer.

Maybe once this shit disappears and GoogleTube reverts to YouTube, I can repost my videos again.

 

[lacktheknack]

I didn't see the big deal about G+, I didn't see the harm. I don't see the problem or celebration in its "removal."

YES. THIS IS GOOD.

Finally I can make my YouTube channel a free-floating entity owned by multiple people.

...you couldn't do that before?

Not if I already had connected it to my personal Google Plus account.

 

[cikame]

I do like seeing reply alerts in the corner, but that's a feature youtube accounts could have too, i absolutely hated when Google was constantly asking me to use my real name on my account and youtube channel but after they stopped pestering me to give away personal information it wasn't too bad, but that still soured my opinion of the service.

 

[Callate]

I was, for a while, accessing GMail and Youtube through different browsers just so I could be certain of maintaining a separate identity between the two. I don't post anything particularly inflammatory on Youtube, with regard to either videos or comments, but some of the people who post on Youtube are, well... Not the kind of people you want to be a few Google searches away from finding your address.

 

[Sizzle Montyjing]

It's been 5 years already?
I never bowed to the pressure, I never gave in. And now, victory is mine.

 

[Starik20X6]

I have a Facebook account that I never use, but Google+ always seemed like a much better option. I wish more people would pick it up.

 

[Itsuki93]

I have a Facebook account that I never use, but Google+ always seemed like a much better option. I wish more people would pick it up.

And here I was thinking I was the only one.

 

[loa]

Finally it died.
I hope google got the message that forcing it onto people doesn't work.

 

[kat-pottz]

huh I never thought google would go back on a decision they made for youtube. with how they have seemed to turn a blind eye to the outcry of all of their other youtube changes this sort of behavior from them is quite odd. could this possibly mean there is a small ray of hope for youtube changing back the comments section? ...oh please god.

 

[bigfatcarp93]

Fina-fuckin'-ly! To quote the Prophet of Truth... There are those who said this day would never come. What are they to say now?

 

[NeutralDrow]

Well I can now comment on YouTube once more.

It's been 5 years already?
I never bowed to the pressure, I never gave in. And now, victory is mine.

Same here.

Problem is, I don't bother reading them at all now. Google forced this behaviour, now it's a habit. I choose to keep.

I, on the other hand, plan to start using my reclaimed privilege once more...if I can figure out some way to turn the comments back to the "time-sorted" organization, rather than the "comment+most upvoted response."

 

[KyuubiNoKitsune-Hime]

Now my question is, will Google+ integration still be an option for people like having all the Google+ integration that makes Google+ so much superior to Facebook?

Edit: I still use Facebook more than G+, I hate social networking, but there are lots of very close friends and family I can only contact through Facebook reliably.

 

[Something Amyss]

Not if I already had connected it to my personal Google Plus account.

Ah. Yes, well, that would make a difference.

Fortunately, I created my "crew channel" long after I created a G+ account for my personal YouTube account. So it has its own social page. As you do.

 

[Something Amyss]

Fina-fuckin'-ly! To quote the Prophet of Truth... There are those who said this day would never come. What are they to say now?

Probably mostly "meh."

Just a guess.

Now my question is, will Google+ integration still be an option for people like having all the Google+ integration that makes Google+ so much superior to Facebook?

Edit: I still use Facebook more than G+, I hate social networking, but there are lots of very close friends and family I can only contact through Facebook reliably.

Since they're saying there's an option to delink, I assume so. My question is, how does this work exactly? The one thing I liked about G+ is that I got notifications on comments for videos. This seems to devalue the one thing I personally liked.

...though like you, I don't really have much use for social media, period. I mostly use it to keep track of friends and family. There have been a few rants as well, but...mostly just because nobody in my life picks up a phone anymore. Except to check Facebook.

 

[NeutralDrow]

Since they're saying there's an option to delink, I assume so. My question is, how does this work exactly? The one thing I liked about G+ is that I got notifications on comments for videos. This seems to devalue the one thing I personally liked.

I got notifications for video comments long before Google came along...unless you mean social network profile notifications, in which case I don't know (I received email notifications).

 

[Something Amyss]

I got notifications for video comments long before Google came along...unless you mean social network profile notifications, in which case I don't know (I received email notifications).

I meant the handy little box in the upper-right corner. The email notifications thing works for me about 50 percent of the time. G+ is at least closer to 90. Not perfect, but more reliable.

 

[KyuubiNoKitsune-Hime]

Now my question is, will Google+ integration still be an option for people like having all the Google+ integration that makes Google+ so much superior to Facebook?

Edit: I still use Facebook more than G+, I hate social networking, but there are lots of very close friends and family I can only contact through Facebook reliably.

Since they're saying there's an option to delink, I assume so. My question is, how does this work exactly? The one thing I liked about G+ is that I got notifications on comments for videos. This seems to devalue the one thing I personally liked.

...though like you, I don't really have much use for social media, period. I mostly use it to keep track of friends and family. There have been a few rants as well, but...mostly just because nobody in my life picks up a phone anymore. Except to check Facebook.

That's good, at least for the people who do get lots of utility out of Google+'s integration features. Personally I don't but it's nice to have because something always miss my gmail account.

 

[Uhuru N'Uru]

Well I can now comment on YouTube once more.

It's been 5 years already?
I never bowed to the pressure, I never gave in. And now, victory is mine.

Same here.

Problem is, I don't bother reading them at all now. Google forced this behaviour, now it's a habit. I choose to keep.

I, on the other hand, plan to start using my reclaimed privilege once more...if I can figure out some way to turn the comments back to the "time-sorted" organization, rather than the "comment+most upvoted response."

Seriously, they do that crap now and worse default it?
I don't give a damn what others think of any specific post, never mind sorting them in such a stupid way.

Having sorting choices is perfectly OK, but default should always be in the order they were originally written.
Oldest is first, newest is last.

Making changing the order difficult, is another turn off, not reading comments filtered by other peoples biases.