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google+ now obligatory for youtube users

Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2013 9:35 pm
by jackssmirkingrevenge
Not strictly related to spudfiles but most people here host on youtube.

http://www.googleplusdaily.com/2013/11/ ... oogle.html

Boooooooooooooooooooo!!!!

A very thinly veiled move to foist the google+ account few people actually want on the general population. They claim it is to filter out the trolls and spam and "turn comments into conversations". Right.

Edit: I just noticed Spudfiles gives us the options of sharing posts on google+! and also... tumblr? What self respecting spudfiler has a tumblr account?

Re: google+ now obligatory for youtube users

Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2013 10:20 pm
by POLAND_SPUD
yeah it's kind of annoying - just found it out today

Re: google+ now obligatory for youtube users

Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2013 5:22 am
by mark.f
It's been like this for months. I don't even know when I got it...

EDIT: 4:20 AM... :mrgreen:

Re: google+ now obligatory for youtube users

Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2013 5:43 am
by jackssmirkingrevenge
Until now you could opt out and still continue using youtube regularly. The way it is now, the only way to comment is through google+.

Re: google+ now obligatory for youtube users

Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2013 6:10 am
by jrrdw
jackssmirkingrevenge wrote:Until now you could opt out and still continue using youtube regularly. The way it is now, the only way to comment is through google+.
This new merging doesn't bug me at all. The sites are still free to use, unless you want premium accounts.... :D

Re: google+ now obligatory for youtube users

Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2013 8:11 am
by Gippeto
jackssmirkingrevenge wrote:The way it is now, the only way to comment is through google+.
Then F...k them! Will host everything on photobucket from now on.

Google is REALLY pissing me off of late....Chrome updated recently and removed several years worth of bookmarks....POOF! :evil:

Re: google+ now obligatory for youtube users

Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2013 12:24 pm
by Talk
you just have to have google account thats it

Re: google+ now obligatory for youtube users

Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2013 5:44 pm
by mark.f
Gippeto wrote:Then F...k them! Will host everything on photobucket from now on.
Can't tell you how important it is to host with nobody. I lost a lot of video and images hosting with sites that later went down without a whole lot of warning (putfile, etc.). Obviously use them to distribute your content, but keep the originals backed up and local. :wink:

Re: google+ now obligatory for youtube users

Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2013 9:02 pm
by Gippeto
mark.f wrote:
Can't tell you how important it is to host with nobody. I lost a lot of video and images hosting with sites that later went down without a whole lot of warning (putfile, etc.). Obviously use them to distribute your content, but keep the originals backed up and local. :wink:
Perhaps I misused the term "host"....I use these services as a convenience for posting that which I choose to share and do maintain the original and a backup. :wink:

Re: google+ now obligatory for youtube users

Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2013 9:47 pm
by POLAND_SPUD
google+ is still better than facebook... bot are annoying, but I guess they're so commonly used these days that avoiding them gets harder and harder each month

Re: google+ now obligatory for youtube users

Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 4:42 am
by jackssmirkingrevenge
POLAND_SPUD wrote:google+ is still better than facebook... bot are annoying, but I guess they're so commonly used these days that avoiding them gets harder and harder each month
I see you've added me there :P it's better than facebook because no one is there hehe

[youtube][/youtube]

No programs huh?

:roll:

Google wants all your data online.

I see how this can be convenient, but it puts all your data in the hands of a faceless conglomerate.

It's kind of a new thought, but not strictly a good one.

Re: google+ now obligatory for youtube users

Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 7:32 pm
by PCGUY
mark.f wrote:
Gippeto wrote:Then F...k them! Will host everything on photobucket from now on.
Can't tell you how important it is to host with nobody. I lost a lot of video and images hosting with sites that later went down without a whole lot of warning (putfile, etc.). Obviously use them to distribute your content, but keep the originals backed up and local. :wink:
This is why I encourage users to upload their pics to the SpudFiles forums since they won't turn into dead links :D unfortunately we've lost several pieces of good data from old creations due to things disappearing from photobuckets and such.

Re: google+ now obligatory for youtube users

Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 9:05 pm
by noname
Saw this and thought it was funny.

Re: google+ now obligatory for youtube users

Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2013 5:47 am
by jackssmirkingrevenge
Hehe... what are the chances of Mario doing that?

I wonder if enough disgruntled users will force a u-turn. Or more likely, people will just grudgingly accept it and forget about it.

Re: google+ now obligatory for youtube users

Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2013 9:02 am
by jrrdw
jackssmirkingrevenge wrote:Hehe... what are the chances of Mario doing that?

I wonder if enough disgruntled users will force a u-turn. Or more likely, people will just grudgingly accept it and forget about it.
Force a u-turn, very doubtful because they wont recoop money spent doing what they did.

yup!