YouTube is not offering a valuable feature here. It's an OS feature. YouTube is going out of its way for you not to have this feature, unless you pay them (even

YouTube is not offering a valuable feature here. It's an OS feature. YouTube is going out of its way for you not to have this feature, unless you pay them (even though it wasn't them who brought you the feature to begin with). I understand why this upsets people. Imagine Youtube preventing you from adjusting the volume unless you paid. This is similar.