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Re:YouTube will now show ads on all videos even if creators ... by Retric on Thursday November 19, 2020 @12:43PM (#25152058)
That supposes the estate is even aware of such content. Which is the issue I am talking about. I would be fine if google disabled formerly free videos until someone agreeded to monetizing them, but to just arbitrarily make that change means it’s done without the possibility of consent.
Re:YouTube will now show ads on all videos even if creators ... by jefftk on Thursday November 19, 2020 @04:16PM (#25154463)
> I would be fine if google disabled formerly free videos until someone agreed to monetizing them

That seems worse? All these videos that I uploaded become inaccessible just because I'm not around to approve monetization?

(Disclosure: I work for Google, speaking only for myself)

Re:YouTube will now show ads on all videos even if creators ... by Retric on Friday November 20, 2020 @08:40AM (#25160319)
If I had explicitly removed monetization of a video then yes, I would prefer an explicit conformation of the change. If nothing else to avoid confusion.
Re:YouTube will now show ads on all videos even if creators ... by jefftk on Friday November 20, 2020 @09:57AM (#25160996)
It is not explicit: historically, videos were unmonetized by default