YouTube's new logo and layout annoys creators

YouTube has officially launched its new layout for both mobile and desktop, but creators are less than enthused with the surface-level fixes.
Julia BreakeyBy Julia Breakey
1 Sep 2017
The new YouTube logo.
The new YouTube logo.

The most notable changes come in the form of the header (now white) and logo (changed for the first time ever to accommodate even the “tiniest” of screens). Other new features include the ability to change playback speed on the app, and a dark mode on desktop.

As with most design updates, the layout was met with some nonconstructive backlash.
But this time, most creators had more pressing issues with the face lift. YouTube’s subscription feature has long been accused of being faulty, with videos not always popping up in users’ feeds. Monetisation has also been deemed broken, and some don’t believe notifications work well either.

There has been little indication that YouTube is working on these reported issues.

Of course, there were some pleased with some of the changes, though they were in the minority.
One user thought fit to put the change into perspective.
It seems the overarching issue creators have is that YouTube has been ignoring their complaints for so long they don’t think the company cares about them as much it used to.

About Julia Breakey

Julia is a junior writer at Memeburn; a UCT film graduate with a passion for dogs, media, and dog-centric media. If she's not gushing about the new television show that you need to watch, she's rewatching The Good Place (which you need to watch).
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