That is not what is going on here. Youtube accounts used to be separate from Google accounts but you could link your Google account to Youtube. I am betting a lot of people do this because it means just one login or all Google services. Now Youtube accounts are being slowly migrated into full Google accounts, no more special Youtube accounts. At some point in the future it will just be one single sign on for all Google services including Youtube.
How is this bad? I don't think it is at all.
What people seem to be getting confused about is Google re-branding and integrate the social features that already exist in their products into one service that exists across all products and the new account is called Google+.
Example:
Youtube has likes/dislikes, comments, subscribing, and messaging.
Reader has subscribing and recommending.
Picasa has friending, subscribing, and messaging.
Docs has sharing and collaborative editing.
Latitude has check ins and friending.
Google Profiles had a bit of everything.
The new G+ account replaces the old Google account even if you don't make a profile, and you don't have to, so that all it is is a name change.
To sum up:
Youtube accounts are becoming full Google accounts that are now called G+ accounts.
So Google is moving Youtube accounts to Google accounts. Not only is it about time but I bet most people won't even notice because they already use Youtube with a Google account.
Talking about geek video and no mention of TWiT.tv? They do twenty-eight live shows that amount to some forty hours of live streaming content a week. Not only do they cover a huge base of topics but they are profitable and just moved into a big new studio.
Where do you get tech news, NY Times or The Verge? Sure some big tech news sites are owned by media conglomerates but that is mostly from acquisition and there are plenty of blogs that aren't selling out.
If you look at broadcast/TV/live news coverage of the tech sector which is better, CNN and G4 or TWiT.tv and Revision3?
It is only a matter of time until some one gets as successful as TWiT.tv doing comedy or drama or regular news. That is when the existing media companies will start to really feel it, when solid, high production value but extremely cheap to produce content stops being something that they can pass off as "interesting only to nerds."
They will be operating as an SSL proxy. Your connection to them is encrypted and then their connection to your bank would be encrypted. This sounds horrible at first until you realize that you can disable the silk connection and that Amazon probably already has your debit/credit card numbers.
MPAA
European films doing better than US films in Europe?
Must be piracy's fault.
Names
Is it weird that I want to name my kid Louis Vuitton just to see if I will get sued?
Scorsese
Imagine if one of the tiers was you could come to the set and watch for a day or two? Meet Scorsese, eat from the food table, and watch magic happen.
English isn't Encryption
Is Ruppersberger unaware that medical journals and patent applications can be translated into Chinese? Or that Chinese people may also know English?
Is it so wrong...
I just want to laugh and laugh until I start crying in pain.
Re: Re:
That is not what is going on here. Youtube accounts used to be separate from Google accounts but you could link your Google account to Youtube. I am betting a lot of people do this because it means just one login or all Google services. Now Youtube accounts are being slowly migrated into full Google accounts, no more special Youtube accounts. At some point in the future it will just be one single sign on for all Google services including Youtube.
How is this bad? I don't think it is at all.
What people seem to be getting confused about is Google re-branding and integrate the social features that already exist in their products into one service that exists across all products and the new account is called Google+.
Example:
Youtube has likes/dislikes, comments, subscribing, and messaging.
Reader has subscribing and recommending.
Picasa has friending, subscribing, and messaging.
Docs has sharing and collaborative editing.
Latitude has check ins and friending.
Google Profiles had a bit of everything.
The new G+ account replaces the old Google account even if you don't make a profile, and you don't have to, so that all it is is a name change.
To sum up:
Youtube accounts are becoming full Google accounts that are now called G+ accounts.
Really tiny mostly insignificant change.
So...
So Google is moving Youtube accounts to Google accounts. Not only is it about time but I bet most people won't even notice because they already use Youtube with a Google account.
Re:
http://thepiratebay.se/
They also have audio books.
TWiT.tv?
Talking about geek video and no mention of TWiT.tv? They do twenty-eight live shows that amount to some forty hours of live streaming content a week. Not only do they cover a huge base of topics but they are profitable and just moved into a big new studio.
Re: Not Cpncerned
How I wish I had spelled that right.
Not Cpncerned
I read this policy. Read the analysis of this policy. Then promptly put even more data into Google.
Already Happening
It is already happening in the tech sector.
Where do you get tech news, NY Times or The Verge? Sure some big tech news sites are owned by media conglomerates but that is mostly from acquisition and there are plenty of blogs that aren't selling out.
If you look at broadcast/TV/live news coverage of the tech sector which is better, CNN and G4 or TWiT.tv and Revision3?
It is only a matter of time until some one gets as successful as TWiT.tv doing comedy or drama or regular news. That is when the existing media companies will start to really feel it, when solid, high production value but extremely cheap to produce content stops being something that they can pass off as "interesting only to nerds."
Re: Re: I mentioned they will cancel events if a third party pays them to and that I could not trust my business to a hotel that takes bribes.
Must have just taken a few minutes for it get to all the caches. I can see it up there.
What about metadata?
What about metadata? Are they going to delete the data about deleting data so there is no data about a request for data deletion?
Re: Re: Re:
Here is their Yelp.
http://www.yelp.com/biz/sofitel-los-angeles-los-angeles
I mentioned they will cancel events if a third party pays them to and that I could not trust my business to a hotel that takes bribes.
Re: Kodak,one more company destroyed by piracy.
Lies! Clearly Kodak is falling to a cabal of NAND flash manufactures out to replace honest film with blasphemous bits and bytes.
Re: Nitpicking
It was a publicly available email address of customer service/PR rep. It's not like Gabe posted his personal non-work address.
Re: Comment
Trucks are used to move counterfeit goods and bootleg DVDs. Clearly we must sue truck manufacturers.
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I never would pegged Mark Felt for a coward.
Re: What worries me...
They will be operating as an SSL proxy. Your connection to them is encrypted and then their connection to your bank would be encrypted. This sounds horrible at first until you realize that you can disable the silk connection and that Amazon probably already has your debit/credit card numbers.