A-freaking-men. YouTube used to be so good; now they treat their own consumers like dirt.

For me, I never use the Youtube homepage. I only sometimes seem to use youtube when looking for something through Google.

So I don't much about the searching thingy.


Yes, I wish they kept some things, but in general, I still enjoy youtube. And chances are, most other people aren't really "that hardcore" youtube, meaning they don't have accounts, they don't spend all of their time on youtube (meaning daily :P).

Most are just very casual [citation needed].


However, I don't think youtube will "fall" soon. I've seen Metacafe, Dailymotion, and whatever other video service there is (Google videos is better than those, but still eh). They suck. I'd rather use youtube with half the features it does now than use those.

But, like all things, it will fall. It's only inevitable.

I don't use the homepage, I use Google to look for videos on Youtube, too. Also, the related videos are random because of the tags.

Originally posted by Red:

I don't use the homepage, I use Google to look for videos on Youtube, too. Also, the related videos are random because of the tags.

I think the way to go is to put a limit on the tags. Maybe 20 maximum, and don't allow inappropriate words :P.

Googles destroying it's quality but I don't think it will die until a competitor arises.

never

I hardly ever use it now, unless I want to see a certain animal. Eg lately I've been obsessed with Cockatoos, so watched a documentary on there that I couldn't get on pirate bay, but I defintely don't spend as much time on there as I used to a few years ago, too much junk.

I especially hate videos that people upload, which solely consist of photos.. those should be on a different website or something

I hope never I use it a lot to listen to music and watch game trailers and walkthroughs and whatnot.

Originally posted by Gobbles:

I especially hate videos that people upload, which solely consist of photos.. those should be on a different website or something

This is what I agree with.

Mostly, because 99% of these are boring. There are some that are done really nice, but otherwise, I don't care for them. They aren't "videos" in the way I want it; they are just "collages".

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OY!

YouTube are ok. If you look on the Polish Gamers you see it :)

Like some people have already said, youtube will probably die once it gets a main competitor. The use of it may wane, but it won't actually die until someone does internet video better than youtube, should that ever happen.

Originally posted by Whoever I Say I Am:

Google's been promoting only channels that get it the most ad revenue.

When people first start using the net, do they even want to put up with ads? No.
When people watch a video on any site, do they want to see ads? No.

And yet some of these people, one day start uploading their own videos, get the idea of making money through annoying ads, and then suddenly they have forgotten how annoying ads are (for other people), and allow ads on their own videos. Hence the label "Youtube ♥♥♥♥♥".

And then one day the more known Youtube users start complaining about a new layout.
People complaining because certain annoying Youtube users getting more views for unfunny videos than them?
The fans of one user being invaded by another lot of fans. All of them arguing in the comments section.
Non users complaining about any of it.
What do you all expect? Thats the way its meant to be.

Some say that TV back in the day was watchable. Not a single thing called an advertisement was seen or existed.
Then the ads came, being deliberately played louder even though the volume is turned down. Same thing with the video ads.

Even if Youtube goes away, another will do the same thing. Just give a site enough popularity, and it becomes more obvious its just an advertising parasite.

Youtube can still be good, you just need to run a proper adblocker and make sure to actually click "Not interested" and "do not suggest this channel" on ♥♥♥♥ you don't want.