YouTube is forcing users to link to Google account?

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!

Well apparently! But you also need to use the accounts every so often to keep it. I know that because I have a google account.

It may be a bit painful during the migration, but the convenience will be worth it. Yes, people who have a YouTube account but no Google account will be slightly inconvenienced, but in the end it will mean you won't have to create additional accounts for other Google services like GMail and so on.

Single sign on is the way of the future.

It is quality that you've got free will and all, your allowed to, however Google doesn't care. You do not want to hyperlink your bills, then good-bye. The one thing with a view to trade is your password. You use the equal username, nevertheless the password might be your emails. That is to make sure your now not making 1000's of YouTube money owed. It's to manage unsolicited mail. To your "we could also be procuring youtube later," uhhhh... No. That's... Sorry for pronouncing this... Retarded. Google will pay many YouTubers including me. There is no approach they will make any individual pay to look ahead to YouTube. You possibly can be paying a crap load due to the fact that a variety of humans have this as their job so you'll be paying to switch the advertisements and paying the entire YouTube companions. So that would no longer work. I consider you have got to mostly stop going to Google, stop using Gmail, discontinue utilising Google Maps and stop making use of YouTube. Something owned through Google you have got to stop utilizing. When you relatively are that paranoid (sure you are) then you definately should most commonly just discontinue viewing the internet all collectively.

its because google owns youtube.. when you make a youtube account, youre making a google account.

Google owns Youtube, and it's easier to have everything in one account. I'm surprised that they didn't require this sooner.