Poll: Google is forcing me to create an account with them to use my youtube account.
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They did that to me too, and then I finally saw a small tiny little link that would let you skip it, after my main account was already linked. I don't like having it linked, but oh well. I've got mine linked to my AOL email, which is ok, I guess. I still don't like it, I think it's stupid that we HAVE to do that. I don't like Google knowing every little thing I do.Saulkar said:
But I guess if we're going to do this, we're gonna either have to try to deal with Google or go to Dailymotion. It does give you the opportunity to link it to another account then the one you currently have (or at least it did last I checked,) so if you want to make a fake account or eventually link it to a real one, you can.
Still, it irritates me that I have to signed into Google all the time now if I want to be signed into Youtube all the time now. It's irritating, and so I use different browsers for different things, and different names. Because seriously, that ain't cool, Google.
glad i found some sense on the first page. googly did buy out youtube, in which it only makes sense to have things linked or on a single account.AccursedTheory said:
they fixed it. now you cannot visit ANYTHING on YouTube unless you either:Revolutionary said:
A. log out (no uploading, no commenting, no favorites)
or
B. create a gmail account
OT: this is bullshit. I'm not giving Google my info and I'm not creating a bullshit account I'm never going to use. fuck Google and fuck Youtube. I know they're a company and they have to advertise and make a profit, but this is rediculous. this isn't advertising, the original page you could click away from was advertising. what they're doing now, restricting access to OUR accounts with OUR content on it unless we get a bullshit account is blatant douchebaggery and money grabbing. now that I think of it, someone COULD technically sue them for this. we give Youtube our videos, our property, and now we are not allowed to access that property unless we do what they say. it's like if you left money in a bank, then the bank told ou that they weren't giving you your money back unless you pay them even MORE money. BULLSHIT.
but the thing is, some of us have been on Youtube of YEARS. I have several videos and hundreds of subs. I have subscriptions to people like Philip DeFranco who are Youtube partners. I would not be able to comment on his or any other videos. In my years on youtube I have amassed over 1000 favorites. all of those go away if I just "go to another video site". it's tyrannical bullshit. we can't give in and create accounts, but we can't just run away either. that would send out the message that we can be bullied. they can do whatever the hell they want with our property unless we do what they say. that is bullshit.BobRedshirt said:
...Oh no, heavens forbid that a company have rules for people who are using their massive service.BanthaFodder said:
You can "give in" and create an account, you're just too bloody stubborn to do so.
You could just run away, too. You're just too bloody proud (of what I'm not sure).
You borrowed space on their server, which they provide to you for no extra expense, under the circumstance that you agreed to follow their rules. If you don't want to follow their rules, which have now changed, then don't, and leave.
i disagree with what they have done, but it is theirf service so they can pretty much do what they want with regards to asking for verification. also, i ne3ver had to give them my mobile number, but i have for verifaction and i have only ever received verification codes from them (yes i know thats not your concern, but im putting that here anyway, for those wh omight be concerned about it)
Well, I just lost a giant and rather well-written post for no apparent reason. A such, here's the short version because I'm too mad to care:
1) Google owns Youtube, and can do whatever they damn well please with it.
2) You have likely used Youtube often, resulting in great enjoyment.
3) Them having people link Google and Youtube accounts is a way in which they are trying to be more efficient by reducing the ammount of login info (much of which is duplicates, since many people would have made the accounts separately but using the same email, username, and password), thereby reducing their operating costs, thereby requiring them to run fewer ads to make a bottom line.
4) They do lots [http://pack.google.com/intl/en/pack_installer.html?hl=en] of [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/107794-Google-Spanks-J-C-Penney-For-Advertising-Violations] non-douchebaggy [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_China] things [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_be_evil].
So honestly, I know it's hard to come up with fake information to put into the text boxes sometimes, but just be civil about it because you really have no right to complain.
Also: I don't suppose this thread could get locked, could it? Sort of flamey in here.
1) Google owns Youtube, and can do whatever they damn well please with it.
2) You have likely used Youtube often, resulting in great enjoyment.
3) Them having people link Google and Youtube accounts is a way in which they are trying to be more efficient by reducing the ammount of login info (much of which is duplicates, since many people would have made the accounts separately but using the same email, username, and password), thereby reducing their operating costs, thereby requiring them to run fewer ads to make a bottom line.
4) They do lots [http://pack.google.com/intl/en/pack_installer.html?hl=en] of [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/107794-Google-Spanks-J-C-Penney-For-Advertising-Violations] non-douchebaggy [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_China] things [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_be_evil].
So honestly, I know it's hard to come up with fake information to put into the text boxes sometimes, but just be civil about it because you really have no right to complain.
Also: I don't suppose this thread could get locked, could it? Sort of flamey in here.
it's not that I'm stubborn, I don't want to create a useless account that I wouldn't keep tabs on and which would therefore be wide open to hackers. I can't make a bullshit one, as that may return to bite me in the ass. and some of us have been on youtube for a little while. I don't get where you're getting "proud" from, I just refuse to reupload my several videos, regain my 300+ subscribers, and refavorite my 1000+ favorites just because Google is a bullshit excuse for a company. like I said before, it's like putting money in a bank, then the bank refuses to give you access to that money unless you pay them extra. I tried to find away around it and my dumbass accidentally created a Google account... so yeah, I'm back on Youtube, but now I have to keep tabs on two accounts I will never use for anything to ensure that they are maintained and protected... it's just dirty business.Easily Forgotten said:
*note:sorry for writing a frigging novel here
Legitimate? Yes (they own youtube and you are playing in their ballpark by their rules).
Right? No, a company shouldn't force it self on the users who joined someone else.
Right? No, a company shouldn't force it self on the users who joined someone else.
