kevevery time I sign in to youtube they try to get me to use my real name
what a joke
If you think about it, getting people to use their real name is a genius idea. Imagine everyone on Youtube used their real name. There would be a significantly less trolling, abhorrent racism and merciless raging: anonymity has allowed people to hide behind their PC's and verbally attack people without fear of consequences, and actual names will obviously deter that.
Companies would even be more willing to display their content on Youtube if it wasn't for the absolutely disgraceful and belligerent community that it houses. ESPN, NBC, FOX, CBS, and etc. could easily make a Youtube-based web joint where they could deliver content online, but they won't, because taking the Youtube community seriously is almost impossible.
Also, Youtube may be running out of usernames. There might be massively long combinations of names people can use, but they are starting to become unintelligible because newcomers to Youtube can't pick the names that they would like. So instead, they just pick names like "kejfwbibvwlooooool234" or "cooochiemaneskimo9". It gets even more difficult to pick a name because people also make multiple accounts. If Youtube lasts as long as we expect it to, in a few years, name combinations will run scarce, as opposed to sites like Facebook and Twitter - who don't tell you that your name is taken because well, it's your name. In terms of usernames, Google/Youtube made a good choice.
The Google+ forced integration is a good business decision, but it does ultimately take a lot of enjoyment and time out of the regular person.
Usernames= good choice
Google+ Integration= kind of a pain