...why???

...

why not?

because modern ultra minimalistic bullshit

why do you stupid faggots patronize a shitty television website, is the question

Because you touch yourself at night, user.

the sidebar disables control from main page, kill me now

...why?!?

every fucking design change the underage autists shit their diapers.

>WAHHH DIS BUTTON IS DIFFERNT AND THIS THING IS OVER HERE WAHHHH

JUST

because the old one still wasn't ugly enough

Oh man you sure showed us with your maturity and coolness on the Internet. Also, don't you have school soon, Eugene? Grade eight is tough you know!

Because they know stupid tards like yourself will talk about it.

Because the Youtube Play button is more recognisable to plebs than the old one thanks to smartphones and tablets. It's just branding, like when "American Telephone and Telegraph Company" shortened themseves to AT&T.

Shalom.

If you guys think YouTube updates were unnecessary, at least they didn't every completely destroy all semblance of a user friendly interface like Hulu did this summer

To please flat design enthusiasts and tech bloggers (they compose a small minority of YT users)

FUCK

2012 was on life support
2013 - present is atrocious

Are there any good frontend websites for YouTube?

2013 > all

install the Kodi addon and use Youtube with your skin of choice.