Modern Vespa

I put this as SSR because I mainly use Youtube for scooter videos as do many here.

Here are my issues and I know I probably shouldn't be bitching because I don't pay a dime to use Youtube but I will anyway. Youtube has changed the game and it kinda pisses me off. Now you cannot fully use Youtube unless your account is linked to a Google+ account. If you delete your Google+ account comments will be disable and everything including your videos will be set to private. And no telling what else is planned. It is pretty obvious that Google is forcing previous Youtube users into their whole social network thing and that kinda sucks.

Currently my original Youtube account (stickyfrog) is now a sub account or page of my Google+ profile that I did not create and I am embarrassed to admit (being in IT) that I have no idea where it came from. I must have clicked something at some time. So it is now trapped there. And what is most annoying is every time I go to Youtube it defaults to the Google+ account and if I forget to change to stickyfrog channel (where all of my videos are) I inadvertently will start an upload to the wrong (main) channel. Which is just a waste of my time and bandwidth. It also sucks when commenting, saving favorites and subscribing. Did I mention that the main Google+ account identifies me by name? Have not found out how to change it so when I go to Youtube my stickyfrog channel is the default. Anyone?

So I am considering other options now like Vimeo and just wiping Google+ and all of it's evil away. I only use Youtube for videos I share with friends, family and MV folks for the most part so monetization is of no interest to me. The ability to embed is nice too. Anyone have input or suggestions?

If you have come this far thank you for reading my rant. I feel better now

I feel your pain.

I try to avoid everything Google because of their alleged policy of retaining information about me for ever. It is getting harder and harder to do as they are putting their tentacles (did I spell that right?) into more and more stuff on-line.

They make it sound so happy "One Google Account for everything Google ". Hoo f*cking Ray.

Sticky...Yeah, same thing here. I couldn't get to my YT account without first setting up a Giggle acct. Whats strange is they already had it set up for me. Including name, accounts and when u take a crap. 'Oh, just agree to our terms and you will be so happy, happy, happy' Yeah, right.

Let us know if you find a solution.

Yeah Google happy happy joy joy.

Well I tried Vimeo but the basic service is limited for upload size and the one video that did upload failed at the end because I didn't have what they wanted for compression. Sigh.

I think I have been assimilated.

Between Google, Facebook and Linkin, trying to crawl up your butt... it's a good thing you're all squeaky clean up in there.

8)

Just tried uploading an HD video I shot with my GoPro to Dailymotion and the playback was crap. Then I tried uploading one I took with my crappy phone and the playback was decent. Go figure.

Then I tried Metacafe but there are trojans. Don't go there.

Poop.

Google swore an oath not to be evil.

And yet, the Google hegemony seems quite evil at the edges. Like the whole Google+ thing. If, like Google itself, it was compelling for its simplicity and quality, then people would adopt it in droves.

If they have to rope users in using bait from YouTube and Blogger, and no one wants it, that's certainly evil. Didn't Microsoft grow that way? Oh wait no, they took good stuff out of the market and then turned it into crap once the alternative was dead and buried.

Don't get me going on the myriad small ways that Blogger suddenly finds iDevices not optimized for the Blogger editor. Ppppppppleassssse!

As long as we want the YouTube candy, and it is good, then we zip it and suffer the Google empire in silence.

I like Google, but this whole ramming Google+ down people's throats is over the top for sure.

would have been a better choice than bamboozled...