I remember a recent Bombcast that had special guests Brad Muir and another Jeff (Too lazy to find his last name) stating how YouTube has allowed people, who are not in a sense "tradtional" videogame journalists or reviewers, to showcase their talent through an accessible medium. Television has lost much of its value to me; there are some shows that have regained my interest but not enough to want me to commit a large part of my day to flipping through certain broadcasts. I have Netflix for that now. Much of my leisure time is now mostly spent surfing YT, watch people who provide quality content in sense that it is not corporate driven - meaning these videos can be as creative or crazy as the producer wants to be with permission from a superior. With this new policy in place, I feel that is another way that big companies and archaic ideals are stifling creativity of everyday individuals who simply want to be creative or crazy.
Personal outcry aside, I am curious as to what will become of YouTube in the future. Whether these drastic changes will have a significant impact on YT as a whole or whether this is just hump that will not deter the ongoing activities of that particular website.
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