[dfar1]

The problem with youtube is that like a search engine it only highlights a tip of the huge of amount of videos they have. You can't filter by tags, you don't have sub categories, the main categories are broad, the search functionality is basic. Sometimes searching a specific video title will give you a whole bunch of video with different titles before you get the one that has a 100% match. It's like being in a library, you know they have what you want, but no one can find it. That's not only true to youtube but to the Apple Store, to iTunes, to Google Play store... I installed an alternative google play store app the other day and was surprised to find how many amazing apps are out there that I had never seen on the Google Play store. It's 2017... give me tools to filter your data!

What's the point of having a new interface that does the same or less as the old interface?

Amazon and ebay are one of the few sites that do it well.

[Grue3]

Youtube search engine is absolutely disastrous. Think of a band (no matter how obscure). Search for "[band] live" and sort by upload date. Good luck scrolling through hundreds and hundreds of spam "streams" before you find an actual video. No option to disable searching for these "streams" either.

[knob]

What was the Google Play store alternative you tried? Please do share. I always search the Play store via browser, because it sucks on the phone.