youtube / google account

[jumpy]

So, it would seem that I can no longer access my youtuibe account unless I 'link' to a google account (which I do not have)

I don't have a google/gmail/yahoo account, nor do I want any of these things.

I have a youtube account and a hotmail address.

**** you youtube, **** you, and the horse you rode in on.

[Oberon]

I hear you:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=179030

Load of....if you ask me.

[nikimcbee]

Welcome to the club.

I just used an old email address.

[jumpy]

Upon reflection, I think the answer is to create an insultingly named/addressed google account...

Something especially offensive, but worded to get around any profanity filter.

What say you?

[Dowly]

Dont understand the fuzz.

[jumpy]

I'm not keen on all of this link everything together so 'all your information are belong to us' attitude from google.
I don't want to be coerced into the 'social network' and have to have yet another set of usernames and passwords to remember for something I will never ever want or use. Apart from you guys here and a couple of other forums etc I like to communicate with my friends in the old fashioned way... by talking to them down the pub or wherever.

There's a very good reason I don't have certain information (like my name and isp email for example) publicised online, not because I do illegal things, but because I like to keep a certain anonymity online - to avoid intrusive attempts to advertise stuff based on web history/interests.
Having the choice as to who I give my information to is something I consider to be quite important. And another thing - if I'm interested in finding out something online, guess what? I'll go and look for it when I want it. It's called initiative. I don't need initiative replaced by google's version of microsoft's paper-clip helper that tracks everything and everywhere I go in order to solicit yet more web spam I have no time for.

Oh, and because I can't log into my youtube account, I cannot delete it now either.