Youtube & Google

So it seems i can't have an account anymore on youtube without having an account with google first.... whats this about? I had a youtube account for few years yet today it says 'can no longer log in without google account' and i have to give my mobile number if i want a google account!!

Why can't they send the code to my email address like most other sites do?

Do i really want them to have my mobile number?

Who else has given there mobile number?

I know there's millions on youtube who must have given there numbers out but is this another way of storing more info about us?

maybe because they are owned by the same ppl?

I just edit all y info out and make my account fake I dont use yahoo messenger or google chat or mobile im so if i want to use it I log in but you can even connect yahoo to google which sounds proposterous.

I used my yahoo mail as a google account I don't know how this worked but I didn't have to sign up to Jewgle, I just used my YM!. Also Jewgle bought Jewtube around 2006 so they are now connected.

So use an alternative like Vimeo maybe? There's a reason Google/Youtube has a virtual monopoly.

They did it to try and stop sock accounts supposedly.

Unfortunately they fail, and people are still using view manipulators/account creators.

Especially the JDL they use them on You Tube un-mass spamming their pro Israel comments.

you dont need a mobile number for google, just get a gmail account, and use that to log in.

Whats with the phone number. I would never post my cell online.. DUH

reply to post by Le Colonel


Thanks, i got myself a Gmail account