I totally agree with alphaomegasin,google has screwed youtube by forcing user to have google+ to comment
Why are people surprised when a company tries to push a product using another, more popular product? It's marketing 101.
No surprise if any thing for google force this bs onto the user.I'm sure they see profit in it but,still not making it optional is ridiculous.Not to mention i never wanted google+ in the first place ! I never had any use for any kind of social network that being facebook or twitter.Though there is a petition up all ready asking google to change it back for youtubers.
I'll add my two cents:
(1) Contrary to AlphaBetaSinewave's claims, YouTube was not "fine" before. YouTube turned to crap years and years ago, sadly (when the power/focus shifted away from the organic community of small, independent content-creators+viewers (BOTTOM -- UP) to Google's heavy-handed TOP --> DOWN approach (promoting corporate clients & their interests; pushing generic, "mass appeal" content; monetization). OBVIOUSLY I KNEW YOUTUBE WOULD CHANGE, since it is not a public service/charity, and YT burned through millions/billions(?) of dollars without any feasible plan to break even, let alone profit. I'm not an idiot, I knew YT had to fit into google's corporate strategy in some manner.
(2) The comment system on YouTube has always been broken, but it was/is INEXCUSABLE for its caretakers to ignore this problem for so long. Of course, this problem was not unique to YouTube, but any site that allowed comments. NONETHELESS, the fact remains that the cesspool of comments only became worse as Google chose to avoid dealing with it (they should have been a pioneer in combatting the sludge).
(3) Google is fully aware of how its policies affect the folks who truly love its services (e.g., the YT community AlphaBeta refers to). The problem, of course, is Google puts far too much weight on the "average YT consumer" (since they represent the overwhelming majority of YT's users)...and designs its policies/monetization efforts to capture the widest possible audience. THIS IS AN ANCIENT TALE (the most loyal, dedicated are betrayed for greater market share). THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE HERE. MOVE ALONG.
(4) Google+ will still be lame, even if Google props it up with YouTube. For the record, I don't use Facebook, either. Because Facebook is lame, too.
Back on topic...
I can't imagine how awesome it would have been to play APPLE IIe with a Roland MIDI module, but it sure as hell would have been better that the chirps/tweets I heard back in the day