YouTube is forcing users to link to Google account?
Today I went to log into youtube and it said "You will no longer be able to sign in to YouTube without a Google Account. If you do not want to link this YouTube account, you can sign out of YouTube here." What is up with that? I don't even have a google account. Is everyone gonna have to create dummy google accounts now just be able to sign into youtube?
2011-03-01T19:55:04Z
@Hanyu - but in my case I don't have a google account. I've never had one. I've only ever had a youtube account. So contrary to what you're saying, I have to now ADD another account. This move makes no sense on their part.
Romeo Riot2011-03-04T20:58:30Z
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I feel your pain man. I think its ridiculous that I have already created an account with YouTube, yet now I am being forced to create a google account, which I neither want nor need. If anything, it makes me hate google for this.
@ calloway..So I can't even close my youtube account without having to create a google acount which would let me close my youtube account because I don't want a google account? And I won't be able to answer comments or edit my vids or anything? Sounds like a catch-22 to me...there seems to be a lot of people pissed off at this move of google....I guess my acc. will go on idle then...Are there any other sites I can put vids on and share with people?
Apparently. I don't want a google account and would close my youtube account, but I can't even do THAT without creating a google account. So it'll just remain idle I guess, oh well.
Google and Youtube's attitude is, if you don't want to sign up for Google accounts, then LOSE YOUR ACCOUNT AND GET OFF OUR SITE. They don't care at all about how ANY of us feel as NONE of the complaints on youtube and google forums have been answered. They continue to ignore the users who either do not want to make a google account, or do not want their fun youtube account emails linked to their serious business google email. They refuse to respond to ANY complaints or concerns for privacy. Honestly, for me, I feel as if there are OTHER websites than youtube. Like vevo, hulu, livevideo, liveleak, among many others that if people just went there to upload and watch videos, than maybe google would hear the message. That if you act like you don't respond well to the peoples concerns, then you lose. SERIOUSLY SOMEONE START A FACEBOOK GROUP AND SPAM THESE FORUMS!