Google is pulling some seriously stupid shit right here. I agree with you completely. This change, like many others on YouTube, didn't need to be made. Google simply wants to spread its logo and trademark to the ends of the earth until nobody can escape it. And honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if in a later update, YouTube was changed into Google+ Tube or some dumb crap like that.
I digress, though. Overall, the flash was very well done. You did a good job portraying the image this new update gives off, and I doubt it could have been done much better than that. Nice job!