KubeRoot

Sorry, you misunderstood - the change was forced, it’s not what I’m referring to. I don’t remember the exact way it worked, but I’m pretty sure they were pretty explicit about what the change is, at least.

What I’m saying is, you can go back to using your own nickname - I don’t remember the exact process used, but I think the trick was to create a “brand account”, which is basically an additional identity tied to your account, move everything to that identity, and use it instead of your private identity with your real name.

I forgot how it works exactly, but I’m pretty sure when google was doing that I created a brand account(?) and linked my channel to it, something like that, putting them behind a nickname while preserving the entire history. I don’t remember the exact process, but nothing really changed for how I use YouTube, except I get to use a nickname.