[asah]

You can see how Google rolls with how they deleted old Gmail accounts - years of notice, lots of warnings, etc. They finally started deletions recently, and I haven't heard a whimper from anyone (yet).

[flux3125]

The problem is that some content creators have already passed away (and others will pass away by then), and their videos will likely be deleted forever.

[shevy-java]

That may be, but I assume for videos that had some viewership base, there may be a consideration. E. g. if a video was viewed 20 million times, it may be worth more than one that was viewed only 5 times.

[zaik]

Hopefully the deletion will not affect videos with thousands of views, even if the account is lost.

[dessimus]

Monuments erode away and memories of those enshrined are lost time as well, nothing lasts forever.

[1313ed01]

Dropbox seem to be doing the same thing. After years of whining about my 2TB above limit I recently received a mail with a deadline to delete my files or they will.