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Re:‘YouTube recommendations are toxic,’ says dev who worked ... by _0ffh on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @05:12PM (#25522872)
Apart from what has already been mentioned, stuff also gets copyright-struck. Sometimes for ridiculously minor infractions. Sometimes for no real infraction at all.

Additionally, there are the vague and ever-changing terms of service.

Also, people sometimes take stuff down themselves. Take the JRE, for a recent and rather prominent example.

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Re:‘YouTube recommendations are toxic,’ says dev who worked ... by beepboop43 on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @09:56PM (#25524657)
Happens to me often. I don't think it even tells you what videos are gone. I know I've seen channels say they removed a video themselves because it didn't do well with views so they wanted to re-tweak it in the hope it lands better.
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