It's been a decent almost-six-years @TeamYouTube, but this is the straw that broke the camels back. By the end of 2018 I'll be aiming to move my work to a different platform entirely. This is scummy and you know it.pic.twitter.com/eOqWp9vhHl
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They do have a point though, it's like walking into WHSmith and handing out leaflets for Amazon bookstore... You'd be kicked out if you did that 
You do have a point but... come on, not everyone wants to be bombarded with notifications, sometimes you can't make a stream so you don't always want the notification.
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