10 comments on “YouTube Now Requires Google Account Log In

  1. This is absolute bullshit. I shouldn’t be forced to create a Google account just to access my YouTube account. It should remain as an option; not an ultimatum. This reminds me of why I hate Google so damn much. They’re arrogant, greedy pricks.

    • Really Joe, aren’t you being a little over the top?

      I mean it’s not like Google charges you for hosting as many Gigs of video as you want. Or charges you for delivering it thru the browser no matter how much traffic you need it to handle. Or charges you for ranking it quite highly in Google rankings or YouTube rankings. They will even share what they make from AdSense advertising with you.

      So I think greedy is a little much. Logins are logins, what difference does it make?

  2. I’m with Joe all the way. TOTAL BS. I don’t have a google account and I don’t want one at all. When I comment on youtube and someone replies or I get ANY messages on youtube it goes to the my e-mail address that is attached to my phone and my preferred e-mail. So now I need a google address and need to have those go to my phone instead of the e-mail I actually use or i can’t communicate with anything on youtube? I can’t believe it’s a forced thing and not an option. Youtube has lowered their standards and I’ll keep using yahoo as my search engine. Unreal, and THAT is the difference it makes Chris!

  3. I’m with Joe all the way. TOTAL BS. I don’t have a google account and I don’t want one at all. When I comment on youtube and someone replies or I get ANY messages on youtube it goes to the my e-mail address that is attached to my phone and my preferred e-mail. So now I need a google address and need to have those go to my phone instead of the e-mail I actually use or i can’t communicate with anything on youtube? I can’t believe it’s a forced thing and not an option. Youtube has lowered their standards and I’ll keep using yahoo as my search engine. Unreal, and THAT is the difference it makes Chris!

  4. I think its cool google & youtube , rite on .

  5. Nicole on said:

    I agree with Joe… I can’t log into my phone because of this bs. It keeps asking for an email I don’t even have, and guess what… it keeps telling me it’s linked to my google account.. that… I DON’T have!

    • Then just go to Gmail.com and create an account, it’s free takes a second.

      It’s like complaining that you can’t use Facebook or Twitter without creating an account. You don’t actually have to use the Gmail address or get email there, you just need to create a Google account. How much of that you use, is up to you. But you do have to have a log in to use online apps otherwise how would the app be able to save and organize your stuff?

      So you have an Android phone, with tons of Google Apps on it, and you don’t want to have a Google account?

      That Nicloe would be like having and iPhone and refusing to have a Apple account or activate iTunes. LOL

  6. Nicole on said:

    I agree with Joe… I can’t log into my phone because of this bs. It keeps asking for an email I don’t even have, and guess what… it keeps telling me it’s linked to my google account.. that… I DON’T have!

  7. I can understand people who get upset about being pushed into creating account they don’t want to create. But I totally agree with Chris here, the choice is easy: or you do what they require you to do, or you stop using their – free by the way – services. Pure and simple.

  8. I can understand people who get upset about being pushed into creating account they don’t want to create. But I totally agree with Chris here, the choice is easy: or you do what they require you to do, or you stop using their – free by the way – services. Pure and simple.