Meta is rolling out Threads, Twitter is blowing itself up in the quest of becoming the everything app, and YouTube is just over here rounding out its corners

• ICYMI, YouTube is introducing rounded corners.
• Meanwhile, X and Meta have brought a dizzying array of controversial changes and feature roll-outs, all in 2023 alone.

You certainly can't fault YouTube for doing too much.

In stark contrast to Meta's and Twitter's headline-grabbing changes, YouTube quietly unveiled a very subtle one: rounded corners, as seen in the screenshot below.

A YouTube spokesperson confirmed the change to the Verge on Tuesday, saying that rounded corners on its videos will soon be coming to all users.

In 2023 alone, X — formerly known as Twitter — has undergone a storm of changes and controversy under Elon Musk.

To recap: The platform killed its iconic blue bird (RIP, 2010-2023), introduced rate limits, faced multiple outages because of inadequate staff on key teams, changed its verification system for blue check marks that users can pay for, gave users the ability to hide the blue check marks they paid for, deactivated the accounts of dead loved ones, temporarily lost access to images from 2014 and before, and sued a non-profit which accused the platform of not doing enough against hate speech.

That's not all — the company could soon be removing users' ability to block others and plans to remove news headlines from posts.

Meta isn't that far off either with its news-making moves.

The platform introduced its "Twitter-killer" rival before quickly losing the majority of its active users in a month. The company also blocked users from viewing or sharing news on its platforms in Canada, which some said prevented users from accessing information about wildfires. And, it seems to have stopped pitching the metaverse to advertisers, the technology that drove the company's rebrand from Facebook.

In the same time frame, YouTube added five features to YouTube Premium, added a new music discovery feature to YouTube Music, removed YouTube Stories, and — I can't stress this enough, because you might not notice otherwise — introduced rounded corners for its videos.

Of course, YouTube isn't known for rocking the boat with big changes.

I, for one, love that the last noteworthy YouTube change I can remember was when they introduced "clips," or the ability to share tiny snippets of videos all the way back in 2021.

I still deploy this clip on a weekly basis in my group chats, as what is basically a long-form reaction .gif.

It's nice to know that there's a platform that's committed to not doing too much.

YouTube did not respond to a request for comment from Insider sent outside regular business hours.