i have personally never held a google account, probably back when wave was in invite phase, i had applied for it but never got an answer. quit google probably t

i have personally never held a google account, probably back when wave was in invite phase, i had applied for it but never got an answer. quit google probably then. youtube for me personally has always been simple. ctrl+shift+p in firefox. open youtube. search for the video i am looking for and close browser. i understand i am in the minority and "generally" people like to voice their opinion, curate subscriptions show their support yada yada but why can't people just lurk moar as it was called in the old days? is engagement so necessary for users (not platforms mind you) that people necessarily need to like and share and follow and dislike to keep going?