This just makes me angry at google. I was wondering when the big boys would become interested in web video, and it looks like it finally happened. It doesn't matter that monetization is difficult, that costs are unreasonably low right now, that production values are often lacking, etc. The fact is that web video has a huge future, and the potential has barely been scratched.
Google/youtube themselves don't even realize the potential, so they've been fucking around with minor feature changes and bullshit like google-plus comment integration instead of treating youtube like a serious endeavor and making big changes (like turning content creators into customers instead of plebian users that get treated like shit at every turn).
Google/youtube themselves don't even realize the potential, so they've been fucking around with minor feature changes and bullshit like google-plus comment integration instead of treating youtube like a serious endeavor and making big changes (like turning content creators into customers instead of plebian users that get treated like shit at every turn).