Google needs to get off Youtube

now im assuming that because this is an oppinion piece my stats have to be limited. however MY CASE: Googles recent changes to youtube are not harmful, dont need to be canceled and are fine the way they are. they should make more changes seeing as google, being a experienced company, knows best in this situation. i will list my contentions and will proceed to refute my opponents case. CONTENTIONS: 1) The comment section has become alot cleaner and much better. now that the censorship has increased, the hate, mean comments, and spam have dramatically decreased. i have seen a cleaner, more fun comment section. which is the goal of youtube, to be fun for everyone . now that the newest changes have made the comment section smoother. Bob and his army has gone away, so now alot of people has jumped ship back to my side. on top of that the new integration of being able to directely someone, using google plus, has made a much more advanced comment section. Also you can hashtag now in comments which is a huge upgrade because now you can enter comment section contests without going all the way to twitter. this is evident in RayWilliamJohnson's video podcasts where if you are going to submit a question they just ask you to #runawaythoughts (name of the podcast). 2) google integration has made thing much easier and much smoother. google intagration is esentually just the new account set up. so for new users, this means that they can just sign up like we did when we started. this also means that you have just one account to sign up for all google applications. i can run everything from gmail, to youtube, to google docs all from one account. i don't even have to sign in on my computer because it has just memorized my google account so when i go to use a new google website, i can completely skip a step! along with the smoother movement of google and youtube comes the previously mentioned hash tagging and someone. 3) This is just another change to a social media/ website which people HATE. they don't hate the change. they hate change its self. this is a huge problem that Facebook faced (no pun intended:) ) when they made changes. every time everyone thought the last version was perfect and without giving the new features a try. the new system has made a lot of things much easier, faster, and much more fun. REBUTTALS: my opponent's first contention: google is ignoring fan criticism. my opponent feels that his or her voice is being ignored. first off, google has made many changes based on fan feed back. they changed the comment section a few times before deciding on this format because of bob and his "army". google has been very good about listening to user complaints. however they have reached the point where they feel the comment section and the rest of youtube is much better (which it is). but bob and his army has gotten everyone riled up. this on top of the internets tendency to complain has caused buy opponent to interpret the new youtube as google "not listening". at this point google is just waiting for everyone to calm down, look at the new tools, then send constructive criticism. this is not google "stubbornly refusing" this is them logically making their website better. the only stubborn ones is the ones who refuse to try to use the new tools and instead just bitch and moan that they miss old youtube. most of this is covered in my 3rd contention. my opponent's second contention: Googles copyright laws incriminates users. google has had some new copyright laws, and for good reason. copyright infringement is no joke. but what has happened to AngryJoe, and Total Biscuit was soon there after fixed, considering google works directly with most youtubers. their "crippling effects" are mild inconveniences. as for the other 3 channels who were mentioned. none of them disable comments regularly. many channels disable comments on hot button top topics to limit cyber bullying, which is a different topic completely. my opponents final contention: google is taking money away from users. google is flagging videaos for a reason, so are the companies. it is important that copyright is not infringed, thats why they get taken down. this is not uncommon in media that things have to be flagged for copyright.and as for them "flagging any video they see". its not a blind reaping of videos to profit from. this is when a company sees that their content is being illegaly used they flag it. on top of that the no profit thing is a "no duh" situation. if they copyright, they deserve to not be paid for it. its not at all greedy, especially since, again, google works directly to fix that exact problem with youtubers. the companies like nintendo for example don't want their content up without permission on other channels, which is legal. in conclusion google has had a positive effect on youtube as a website and a community. google+ has been helpful and made youtube, along with other google apps generally smoother. google+ should stay because its a win for those who use the new tools, those who upload, because they get more publicity, and for google. in the pro world where google leaves youtube. we are left with a primitive version of youtube that companies don't want their ads on in turn causing the uploader to lose money the company to lose money, and those who enjoy the new tools to be left with this downgraded version of youtube. in the end we should try something before we complain we like the old version. A_Flying_Toaster thanks for this debate. I have just joined the website, and I'm loving it! I've been on this side for a while and I'm glad to express it in debate. I'm part of my high school speech and debate team and so I'm gonna recommend this site to all of them. this is my first debate (that DOES NOT mean go easy ;) ) thanks again to my opponent, and the voters and commenters!