They need to get some TIPS from la iconic ATRL, who actually listens to their users on what they should improve, ect. Since users are the ones that make the site happen, not them.
Ugh, why does Youtube change so much, the **** was fine the way it was.
I use ImprovedTube (Chrome extension) which I use to force Youtube to play the Large video player, and load default at 1080p. It's awesome. Check it out.
I use Youtube Center (get into ha, you have to unpack the extension for Chrome and load it in developer mode because Google's blocking extensions not in the web store ): https://github.com/YePpHa/YouTubeCenter/wiki), and I didn't notice a change. Then again, my main channel has been associated with a Google+ page for a while since it allowed me to change the channel name.
YouTube is just a mess now. I hate the current comment system, it works well on channels but not on videos. I miss when you could have a YouTube account independent from anything Google, now everything has to be associated with a Google account and Google+, I know it's their service but they used to separate it from their other services and it worked just fine.