There are many reasons to love YouTube. Videos like this for example:
But there are so many reasons to hate it. This is not necessarily a comprehensive or exhaustive list, but its all the things that really bug me.
So you find out that there is a video by your favourite artist being premiered on YouTube, and it's one you've been waiting for for ages. They premiered the song, and its absolutely amazing and you have to see the video rightnoworyouwillgocarnivalfreakcrazyandattackpeopleinsupermarketswithsticks.
Then you go to YouTube and see one of two things:
or
Well, fuck you VEVO and you're ridiculous marketing strategies. We live in a global society these days and the internet has no political borders or geographical barriers. We WANT to watch your videos, so why not let us? It makes no sense. It's like if a telemarketer calls you up to tell you about an amazing offer they have for you, but then says "but I can't give you the offer because you don't qualify for it". Fuck off.
2. Usage Control.
You watched a really good/funny video and you want to share it on your blog with everyone, so you write a post talking about it and what you liked about it, and then embed the video and publish. Then you view the post to make sure it all looks right, and then you are presented with this:
Well, fuck you YouTube. Why do you provide the code and links to embed videos to then present my readers with this message? What difference does it make if people watch the video on YouTube or embedded on my site where they found it? How about you let me keep my 10 regular readers on my site and you eat shit? You get enough web traffic without having to leech off me thanks. Greedy fucks.
3. YouTube mobile.
In the wonderful world of mobile technology, we are blessed to be able to do almost everything on the move. Smart phones are clever little things. You have the internet in the palm of your hands and can do everything you need to do on the internet without needing a desktop or laptop computer anymore. ALMOST:
This annoying little image means that you can't watch this particular video on a mobile. Why the hell not? What difference does it make watching it on a mobile instead of a desktop? Why bother sharing your video at all if you are going to stop me watching it where and when I want to watch it. If you can provide a decent enough reason for this, then I would love to hear it, YouTube.
And that, my friends is why I hate YouTube.
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