At last we agree on something mate. Youtube.. I hate having to swipe that thumbnail out the way. I get that it's so you can search while watching the vid but when the vid is finished, what's the point in it staying there??Why app stores can't also offer older versions, for he sake of compatibility at least, like apktop, is beyond me. Newer isn't always better. Some things just work and don't need to change, and should be traditions. Change for the sake of change is always a bad idea. And that is exactly what lollipop is. Google has simply run out of ideas for Android and uses iOS 7 as a template.
I went so far to root my devices and replace the system apps (Google apps mainly as I thought the Kitkat versions lacked the level of 3D I grown accustomed to) with older versions as well. The first version of Google Play Books is a great example of Google minimalism, yet in later versions it became cluttered and busy, taking two extra steps to get to your purchased book list. Why?
The old jelly bean era YouTube looked perfect as well, and i hated the extra step to back out of a video they added to the later versions vehemently. Before you got back to your search by simply hitting back. Now you hit back, and swipe out. Usability problem! I also thought the dark UI was better for the eyes, and for those with AMOLED displays, better for the screen and battery. Why must every site, app, OS look pastel and white?
If your apps work perfectly fine, I suggest not updating them. The new versions will embrace this hideous flat design/material design for the foreseeable future unless someone higher up decides to go back to the future again, and updates tax internal storage, have heavier demands, and likely full of new bugs or wakelocks.
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