@YouTube Would be helpful to mention if a video is too long and to verify my account BEFORE waiting an hour and a half for the video to upload and process. 
Make sure the right team sees this by sending a feedback here: https://goo.gl/1ckkO5 . Also, by default, you can upload videos that are up to 15 minutes long. To upload longer videos, follow the steps in this article: https://goo.gl/vmf7Kg . Hope this helps