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#1

Until now I have resisted the overwhelming urge to open a Google account. I have no idea what it is or what perceived benefits there may be(?). Each time that I would enter my You-tube account, I would be prompted to link my You-tube to Google. I would always resist the urge and depress the remind me later tab. Well, no more. Access to You-tube without a linked Google account is no longer possible. Big brother is upon us. Google spent millions acquiring You-tube and obviously wants its pound of flesh.

I have resisted Google Chrome. How long before opening a Google web page will require a Google Chrome sign-on? Life used to be so uncomplicated!

#2

Well at least that can’t be blamed on some Left Wing, Pinko, Liberal, Greenie conspiracy. :wink:

#3
TonyWalsham said:
Well at least that can't be blamed on some Left Wing, Pinko, Liberal, Greenie conspiracy. ;)
Yes it can! :D :) :p
#4

Not if Google own it. :stuck_out_tongue:

#5
TonyWalsham said:
Not if Google own it. :P
Tony, didn't you know that Google [u]is[/u] a Left Wing, Pinko, Liberal, Greenie conspiracy? The name is just another word for Comintern.
#6
Chris Vernell said:
TonyWalsham said:
Not if Google own it. :P
Tony, didn't you know that Google [u]is[/u] a Left Wing, Pinko, Liberal, Greenie conspiracy? The name is just another word for Comintern.
No I didn't. I guess you learn something every day.

What do you think the Capitalist Free Enterprise shareholders would say about such a situation?

#7

I dont have a google account and I just got on You Tube fine. ???

#8

I would imagine that Tim mean that you cannot access You Tube to post videos without a Google account.
Never having posted a video at You Tube I wouldn’t know.

#9

That is pretty much it Tony. I opened an account for my club to upload our videos to and had to start a Google account.

Just cuz I gots one don’t mean I gotta use it.

Bob C.

#10

I have had the same experience as Tim, a nagging urging to link my Google account to my Youtube account… I don’t need any more cross fertilization of accounts, and I saw no benefit so I did not do it.

Greg

#11

Tony,
it was not to post a video, simply to follow a link to view a You-tube video. It seems that without a Google account one will not be able to access You-tube. The You-Tube password is deleted and cannot be used to access.

#12

OK Tim.

To the best of my knowledge I have never signed up for a Google account and I simply click on a Google link, or a link posted in this forum for example, or simply type in the URL, to access any U tube video I want to see.

How would I find out if I had a Google account?

#13

Tony,
Possibly, if you have never uploaded a video to You-tube then you do not need to open a Google account. I have uplifted my own videos, but I was unable to simply view a video link on a posting without opening the Google account. They (Google) have been after me for months, but I was not interested in their account. It was only when they blackmailed me by denying me access to my regular You-tube account that I signed up to the Google account.

#14

Tim
I have uploaded a number of video’s on you tube and have never been asked about a google account. I got on you tube fine and all my stuff is there. so my you tube account is fine. dont know what to tell you.
geoff

#15

Geoff George said:
Tim I have uploaded a number of video’s on you tube and have never been asked about a google account. I got on you tube fine and all my stuff is there. so my you tube account is fine. dont know what to tell you. geoff

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#16

Forrest Scott Wood said:

Geoff George said:
Tim I have uploaded a number of video’s on you tube and have never been asked about a google account. I got on you tube fine and all my stuff is there. so my you tube account is fine. dont know what to tell you. geoff

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Forrest that is what I said. It let me use my YOU TUBE account. Tim is saying it would not let him use his YOU TUBE account he had to get a google account.

#17

Didn’t Tim say he was not allowed to SEE a video w/o …?

Some videos require having an account…

Greg

#18

I had to sign up for google as well, other wise they wouldn’t

let me gain access to my YouTube account.

Nick

#19

I am sure, as others suggest, that an account is not needed to watch You Tube vids but is needed if you want to bookmark any as ‘favorites’. One of my e-mail addresses is a GMail one and that also requires an account to be set up. You only need one account for all their features.

#20

Not entirely sure what everything in this means, exactly, but it sounds relevant.
http://apiblog.youtube.com/search/label/clientlogin

-Jeff Posnick, YouTube API Team said:
Thursday, November 4, 2010 Update to the ClientLogin URL

We want to let the developer community know about a change to the officially supported URL for YouTube API ClientLogin requests. Previously, developers who wanted to obtain authentication credentials via a username and password had to send their ClientLogin request to https://www.google.com/youtube/accounts/ClientLogin. The new URL that we encourage all developers to use is https://www.google.com/accounts/ClientLogin. This new URL has been functional for a while, and is the same URL that other Google APIs use for ClientLogin requests. Switching YouTube API ClientLogin traffic to the standard URL ensures that developers across all of Google’s APIs will see standard behavior when logging users in.

All of the details regarding this switch as well as best practices for performing ClientLogin requests can be found in our YouTube API documentation. There is one specific change in behavior that is worth calling out: responses from the new ClientLogin URL will not include the YouTube username of the authenticated user, which the old URL’s responses did provide. We encourage developers to take advantage of the username default when constructing YouTube API request URLs, which always refers to the currently logged in user.

We have no immediate plans to disable the old ClientLogin URL, but we do encourage developers to update their code at their earliest convenience to point to the new URL. We will post again with further details if and when the legacy URL is turned off.

Cheers,
-Jeff Posnick, YouTube API Team


http://www.google.com/support/accounts/bin/answer.py?answer=165556

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Now users who joined their YouTube and Google Accounts together can only sign in to YouTube by using:

  1. YouTube username + Google Account password
  2. OR Google Account username / email + Google account password

You can no longer sign in with your YouTube username + your original YouTube password.

If when you sign in to your YouTube account, you receive messaging prompting you to use your Google Account password, it means that you have a linked YouTube - Google Account.

All you need to do in order to sign into YouTube is to use either of the two sign-in username/password combinations described above. Your YouTube username is not changing.
I’m linked to the wrong Google Account and want to link to a different Google Account

If you’ve accidentally linked to the wrong Google Account, here’s how you can unlink from the incorrect Google Account:

  1. Sign into your Account and go to your Account page
  2. Click “Manage Account” (on the left side of the page)
  3. Click “Unlink YouTube and Google Accounts”, and then the “Unlink my Accounts” button
  4. You’ll then see a green confirmation message letting you know you’ve successfully unlinked your YouTube Account from the Google Account

Once you’ve successfully unlinked your YouTube Account from the Google Account, you’ll be able to sign into your YouTube Account again using your YouTube username and old YouTube password.

After you’ve signed into your YouTube Account, you can link your YouTube Account to another preferred Google Account, by following the instructions listed here. Equally, we’ll start prompting you to link to a new Google Account each time you sign into your YouTube Account.
I’m linked to a Google Account that is not mine

If you’ve accidentally linked to a Google Account which is not your own, you should email the person who owns the Google Account (their email address will be the primary username of the Google Account).

Let them know you’ve accidentally linked your YouTube Account to their Google Account and you need their help in unlinking the two accounts.

Ask them to follow these directions and confirm with you once they’ve completed these steps:

  1. Sign in at http://www.youtube.com with their Google Account username and password
  2. Go to their Account page (http://www.youtube.com/account) and click “Manage Account”
  3. Click “Unlink YouTube and Google Accounts”, and then the “Unlink my Accounts” button
  4. They’ll see a green confirmation message letting them know they’ve successfully unlinked your YouTube Account from their Google Account

Once they’ve successfully unlinked your YouTube Account from their Google Account, you should then be able to sign into your YouTube Account again (using your YouTube username and old YouTube password).

More about Google Accounts

* To learn more about Google Accounts, please visit this page.
* Click here to reset the password on your Google Account. A password-reset link will be sent to the email address associated with your Google Account.
* Don't remember your Google Account username? Click here to find out your Google Account information.

Here’s why we’re changing the way you sign into your account:

* To reduce the number of passwords for your YouTube account.
* To make it easier to add more Google technologies to YouTube later on.</blockquote>