Re:Tell HN: YouTube and how my wife lost 7 years of work
by ehsankia on Sunday February 20, 2022 @03:09PM
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> Why would hundreds of unlisted videos be against the ToS?
It's most likely against ToS if you use said videos in a commercial way. Youtube isn't your companies private video hosting service.
> OP didn't say the videos contained ads.
No, but they were used to run their business. So it was commercial in nature.
> And why can't unlisted videos contain ads anyway?
Mostly a quirk of how Youtube works.
> And why can't unlisted videos contain ads anyway?
Looks like I was wrong about this one, sorry. It does seem like unlisted videos can indeed run ads. That being said, it still seems like a bad idea to run company crucial part of your business off of a free ad-based service.
It's most likely against ToS if you use said videos in a commercial way. Youtube isn't your companies private video hosting service.
> OP didn't say the videos contained ads.
No, but they were used to run their business. So it was commercial in nature.
> And why can't unlisted videos contain ads anyway?
Mostly a quirk of how Youtube works.
> And why can't unlisted videos contain ads anyway?
Looks like I was wrong about this one, sorry. It does seem like unlisted videos can indeed run ads. That being said, it still seems like a bad idea to run company crucial part of your business off of a free ad-based service.