YouTube Expands Google Account Support
Google acquired the world’s largest online video streaming site YouTube for $1.65 billion in October 2006. But for some odd reason it has taken five long years for the popular online video platform to allow visitors to sign-in using just their Google accounts. Hit the jump for more.
Hitherto, only Google accounts linked with an existing YouTube account were allowed to be used for logging in. But on Friday, YouTube announced the lifting of that restriction: “If you are logged in to your existing Google Account, you can now choose to personalize your YouTube experience, where YouTube will suggest videos and channels based on what you’ve watched and liked in the past. You can also “like” videos, purchase or rent a latest release from YouTube.com/Movies, add videos to your own “Watch Later” queue, share videos across various platforms, connect YouTube with one of your social networks, as well as access and manage your watch history (so you don’t forget that amazing video you recently watched).”
Now that you know what all you can do with a Google account on YouTube, here’s what you still require a separate YouTube ID for: uploading videos (includes video responses), sharing them, rating and posting comments, and building playlists.
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codepath
October 11, 2011 at 10:39am
Awesome! Now when you get popped for violating Google BS real names policy on Google+ you can also lose you YouTube account along with your Picasa, Reader, and Buzz access.
Waiting for them to tie Google Profiles to GMail fully.
Google = Evil
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adonn78
October 10, 2011 at 10:35pm
I'm just an amatuer and I still make movies on youtube. I don;t have professional equipment and don't even bother to edit my vids. I don;'t sing and I am not a manufactured pseudo-celebrity or a prostitot showing what she hasn't got. I'm jsut a guy who likes to rant like gordon. Cannot blame the ads that's waht makes money. I don't think Ill ever get famous or make enough to live off of. But a little extra cash is nice.
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abowlofsoda
October 10, 2011 at 4:23pm
@Neel Chauhan
Too many commercials? Get the add-on Ad-block Plus and go into Ad-block's options and subscribe to Fanboy's List. Works on Firefox and Chrome.
I can't remember the last time I saw an ad!
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Kodess
October 10, 2011 at 11:59am
Wow bring on the hate?
Cosmic Panda looks quite well and minimalistic, though Im not fond of the playlisting etc.
Another gripe for me is that the new design sucks if you have slow internet. Cant do anything until the website is fully loaded... that can take 10 minutes, until I can comment on the 3 minute video.... FFS.
Also, why the F cant I use multiple sign-in on youtube? It annoys the sh!t out of me.
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bpstone
October 10, 2011 at 7:13am
It is more-or-less used as a promotional tool. YouTube to me looks like something my cat coughed up.
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Neel Chauhan
October 10, 2011 at 6:34am
Anyways, YouTube SUCKS!
They are too commercial these days. Back in 2009 the most viewed videos were just funny videos from ordinary people using ordinary camcorders, not autotuned professional singers which I don't even like.
And their user interface sucks. Their pre-2010 interface was much better than what they use now. Their old one looked clean versus now. Probably the nonsense they put in made me watch less videos, but everyone hates the new youtube.
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