YouTube Users Frustrated with UI Changes
34 posts across 3 communities in the last 30 days; 94% from r/youtube.
“The UI supremely sucks, I want to revert it to at least the previous version. This new shift is just so unnecessary and I hate it”
“Go slander will not be tolerated I don't think the programming language is the issue here. Heck, I don't know what the issue is! Maybe they put "redesign the UI" into Gemini and this is what it came up with... When did we start trusting AI with design decisions‽”
“I'm talking about button shape because OP complained about it lol Security is different, and honestly UI to the extent you describe it is too. OPs complaint is "all apps look the same because devs just let AI come up with the UI and they all have the same pilI-shaped button"…”
Several users are expressing frustration and confusion regarding recent, seemingly random changes to the YouTube user interface. Complaints range from font alterations to unexpected app installations and general usability concerns, suggesting a negative impact on the viewing experience.
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“Thankfully it got reverted on my device but man this ui was absolute utter garbage [re: Okay this is actually the worst ui change fucking ever]”
“i hope the creator of this new UI, human or not, has their pillows replaced with 2 large slabs of spikes. [re: WHY!? This new layout is nearly unusable on my monitor.... AND WHAT DO YOU MEAN IM NOT ALLOWED TO REVERT IT!?!?!?!?]”
“this is WHY I DON'T UPDATE ANY OF MY APPS until im forced to submitted by /u/Unlikely_Dimension55 [link] [comments]”
“Every new UI in the history of computing is horrible, it comes with computing lmaoooo [re: WHO APPROVED THIS AND WHY??]”
“How did this get past testing? Who greenlit this shit? Its so fucking bad that I started using new pipe instead till they fix it. submitted by /u/AccomplishedRise6227 [link] [comments]”
We get it… The ui is bad… submitted by /u/Pheddy2012 [link] [comments]
goggle? what have u done submitted by /u/Noobyeeter699 [link] [comments]
“This shit has got to be the most unusable one they've pushed yet submitted by /u/ijjanas123 [link] [comments]”
“i would rather eat my own leg than use this any longer submitted by /u/gufiycugo [link] [comments]”
“The UI supremely sucks, I want to revert it to at least the previous version. This new shift is just so unnecessary and I hate it submitted by /u/Dean624 [link] [comments]”
“It is so freaking big and it’s also very ugly and crowded submitted by /u/Lia-Scamander [link] [comments]”
This looks so ugly submitted by /u/Pure-Cat4773 [link] [comments]
They immediately pulled back the new UI for me after writing this lol.
“I think that I see this ui on a scale from "holy smokes, they did it again" to "is this platform just shit now?" and I would say that it is "why the hell is this a feature" with deeper grooves to "nobody should have approved of this"”
“This is horrible i dont know who thought this was a good idea. It practically takes the whole screen now. Iphone 17 submitted by /u/RAIZE24 [link] [comments]”
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“Pretty sure the app is basically a web browser wrapper at this point you’ll get it eventually”
“I refuse to believe that an actual UI designer at YouTube looked at this and went "Ah yes, this is what our app needs"”
“Guys this is fkn disgusting how is it possible that my entire screen in the app can be completely consumed by ONE post (that I dont even really car about, or want to see). I simply dont like the colour boxes with each video, it feels and looks clunky and confusing. It just looks like endless blocks of colours and doesn't feel like picking a video anymore, its just straight up doomscrolling. Not to mention, THERE IS NO VIDEO LENGTH. Imo, this is not an improvement, what do you think? su”
“everything else on my pc is normal so its just yts decision to randomly make the ui fuck ugly for no reason at all submitted by /u/joenuts4 [link] [comments]”
I don't get it, are they doing this on purpose or WHAT?! 😭
“Go slander will not be tolerated I don't think the programming language is the issue here. Heck, I don't know what the issue is! Maybe they put "redesign the UI" into Gemini and this is what it came up with... When did we start trusting AI with design decisions‽”
“How do we let them know this is objectively terrible? submitted by /u/Disaster_Wolf44 [link] [comments]”
“What the fk is this phone home screen submitted by /u/Traditional_Car_4110 [link] [comments]”
“Came searching for a post like this. I hope they change it back, I can not stand it. Lol. I never knew I'd be so annoyed by a font xD”
“This pisses me off so much its like every other week they change it and they just expects us toget used to . submitted by /u/Alternative_Body4521 [link] [comments]”
“No but seriously these UI changes HAVE to be some kind of crappy vibe coding ai going crazy submitted by /u/Business-Donut2248 [link] [comments]”
“I'm talking about button shape because OP complained about it lol Security is different, and honestly UI to the extent you describe it is too. OPs complaint is "all apps look the same because devs just let AI come up with the UI and they all have the same pilI-shaped button" your complaint is "some apps the UI is so bad I can't use it" A dev should throw some effort at UI if it's not usable for sure but if they vibe coded it, then the issue is that it looks and wo”
“it happened to me too. i thought sicne my tab is like still in android 12 and weak hardware i had this glitch but now that u also have it its seeme to be an "experiment" by yt”
“I hate the direction of google in recent years SOO much. If their products like youtube weren't absolutely without competitors I would NEVER use them again GLADLY I hate that I'm forced to be PAYING THEM, only to have a product thst is constantly trying to DESPERATELY make itself the most dogshit version of itself possible Just cause there's no other platform like them...”
“I mean really who runs this app’s development? A 14 year old with ADHD? Why does stuff have move around every couple of months? This time the smashed the home feed and subscriptions into one bottom tab by adding a secondary tab bar at the top. WHY? And just to have the mandatory “break a feature people use” they buried the suggested topics buttons somewhere way down in the home feed. Ugh! submitted by /u/UloPe [link] [comments]”
“I mean it’s in the name I closed the app out for a second and suddenly it’s just this garbage 🗑️ submitted by /u/Vaas_playz [link] [comments]”
“They do this strategically, it’s not a platform wide rollout, they slowly add it to your feed a bit at the time, one day it’s there, the next it isn’t. I saw it with yt shorts like button and dislike button, they slowly added the new ui over time”
“Everyone would rather work with their local llm and interface with an API instead. For example I was asked on google playstore developer console what I thought of the UI. I think it is horrible, and I would rather my LLM just deal with it. Do I want to deal with menu items nested 15 levels deep? Absolutely not! What do you think? submitted by /u/Terminator857 [link] [comments]”
“Before it used to be three in a row but now its two? Not the worst update but a little annoying submitted by /u/NoteRemarkable2521 [link] [comments]”
“When will this UI changing end and they just revert all the bad ones to the old ones When are we gonna start protesting and making partitions and feedback bombing them”
“The text used to be white, but now everything is black. submitted by /u/AcceleraSean [link] [comments]”