What in the heck, YouTube!?

[Greg]

Is there some reason why mousing anywhere near the bottom part of the browser window now makes a pointless grey menu thingee popup, especially when the thingee covers a significant amount of content, and when the functionality it provides is available elsewhere!?

What I'm a-talkin' about

[Seacrest]

Yeah, these things are the "Pop-ups, Pop-unders, Punch-the-Monkey banners" of a new generation.

Ugh.

MacNN has a particularly annoying one.