YouTube Changes: I Don’t Care
I just wanted to share my two cents on this whole issue.
Here we go: I don’t care. If anything I’ll benefit from the changes. Why? Because I mostly go to YouTube to watch, not to post. As long as my favourite channels continue to upload content then I have no problem. I’ll still watch my favourite YouTubers, but now I can see a whole load of “professional” content while I’m there.
And even if some of my favourite YouTubers get fed up with “NewTube”, they’re not going to stop making videos. Last time I checked there were still many, many alternative video websites to choose from (I’d recommend Vimeo). Plus I (like so many other people) am also following the blogs, tweets and so on of the people I’ve subscribed to – it’s not like the relationship between viewer and brewer will be lost amongst the new corporate content.
The point is YouTube itself isn’t important. The content is, but at no point has anyone been forced to commit their online presence soley to one service. When MySpace went south, everyone started to jump to Facebook. But ultimately it makes no difference. People still had profiles, chatted with their friends, posted pictures arranged events and so forth. Likewise, video content does not start and end with You-frickin’-Tube.
Blunty has made a great video-rant highlighting how stupid all this is. Take a gander if you please.
