“Older unlisted videos will be made private unless you opt out”
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“Older unlisted videos will be made private unless you opt out”
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#2That's unfortunate. I have a few videos which seems to have been forgotten even by their uploaders. Those videos would probably not be updated. I guess I need to back them up manually.
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#3Seems reasonable tbh. even through it might "hit" some hidden and mostly forgotten gems.
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#4The opt-out process only takes 30 seconds.
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#5I think it's mostly a good thing but it's Google so there must be an angle. Am I too jaded?
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#6I think it's mostly a good thing but it's Google so there must be an angle. Am I too jaded?
caching efficiency probably.
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#7I think it's mostly a good thing but it's Google so there must be an angle. Am I too jaded?
> Am I too jaded?
Yes.
Edit: they give the reason explicitly https://support.google.com/youtube/thread/114633828/changes-...
> Why? In 2017, we rolled out a security update to the system that generates new Unlisted video links. This update included security enhancements that make the links for your Unlisted videos even harder for someone to discover if you haven’t shared the link with them. We’re now making changes to older Unlisted videos that were uploaded before this update took place.
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#8I think it's mostly a good thing but it's Google so there must be an angle. Am I too jaded?
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#9I think it's mostly a good thing but it's Google so there must be an angle. Am I too jaded?
yes
Re: “Older unlisted videos will be made private unless you opt out”
#10The opt-out process only takes 30 seconds.
Link to the form: https://support.google.com/youtube/contact/older_unlisted_up...