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There are many content creators on YouTube who have gone silent or died, two years from now all those videos will be lost like tears in rain.
In this article[0], it says that YouTube accounts with videos won't be deleted: > At the moment, Google is not planning to delete accounts with YouTube videos. (That would be tricky as some old abandoned clips might have historical relevance.) [0]: https://9to5google.com/2023/05/16/google-account-delete/
Oof. The end of YouTube as we know it
> At the moment, Google is not planning to delete accounts with YouTube videos. https://9to5google.com/2023/05/16/google-account-delete/
People should use this as a warning to save content they want to keep from YouTube that's particularly old and the account seems abandoned. Just in case Google isn't so lenient with the generous solution; unlinking YouTube accounts but keeping the video up.
Account handles will not recyclable (for obvious security considerations). So this seems more akin to "permanently disabled" rather than "deleted"
This ... is not what is going on. When I worked at $bigcorp serving billions in traffic, what happened is that botnets would create accounts and leave them dormant for weeks/months/years (thousands of them), then start doing their bot thing. Account age says a lot when it comes to trust (usually) and spam detection. That's more than likely what they're seeing, not 'compromised' accounts. All this does is tell the spa…
If the only indicator you have for spam potential is [created an acccount] + [was inactive for some period], I can't imagine the other myriad spam vectors aren't getting hammered 24/7.
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How so?
There are many content creators on YouTube who have gone silent or died, two years from now all those videos will be lost like tears in rain.
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There are many content creators on YouTube who have gone silent or died, two years from now all those videos will be lost like tears in rain.
In this article[0], it says that YouTube accounts with videos won't be deleted: > At the moment, Google is not planning to delete accounts with YouTube videos. (That would be tricky as some old abandoned clips might have historical relevance.) [0]: https://9to5google.com/2023/05/16/google-account-delete/
It feels like a small leap to go from deleting a person's photos, documents, and emails to deleting their videos.
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There are many content creators on YouTube who have gone silent or died, two years from now all those videos will be lost like tears in rain.
In this article[0], it says that YouTube accounts with videos won't be deleted: > At the moment, Google is not planning to delete accounts with YouTube videos. (That would be tricky as some old abandoned clips might have historical relevance.) [0]: https://9to5google.com/2023/05/16/google-account-delete/
Archive everything.
This is disappointing, albiet not that surprising. It's a good reminder to not rely on Google for long term storage of anything you care about. It's not uncommon for inidivduals in poor health to go through multi-year stretches of very limited activity, especially for elderly individuals. In the future, people in that situation, or their relatives, might be surprised to find a Google account they thought was secure n…
Now as a secret unmentionable for any 2+ year sentence: lose access to all your google shit.
Account handles will not recyclable (for obvious security considerations). So this seems more akin to "permanently disabled" rather than "deleted"
It has been reported that they will not be reusable for exactly that reason. https://9to5google.com/2023/05/16/google-account-delete/
Conversely, if you take the advice of some to set up a personal domain for your email, you are basically committing to a lifetime obligation. If you later change your mind and let that domain expire, any future owners of that domain will receive any email that was sent to your old addresses.