My memories are that Google Video worked fine without additional plugins, but I primarily used it to consume Google content (primarily their tech talks), docume

My memories are that Google Video worked fine without additional plugins, but I primarily used it to consume Google content (primarily their tech talks), documentaries, etc... YouTube really was all about short home-made videos. The UX on Youtube was generally better. One thing I did like in Google Video though, was that it allowed to download copies of the videos easily to save local copies. That appealed to the data-hoarder in me, I suppose.