[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.

[eMPee584]

I've stumbled upon very valuable content with very low view numbers - the algorithms spiral around spectacularity and provocation, not quality or insight.

[coldtea]

>videos that had some viewership base, there may be a consideration

Those would be the worst of the lot regarding how valuable they are historically for example. Engaging BS content...

[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.

[bentcorner]

    I met a user from an antique land
    Who said: Two squares of a clip of video
    Stand in at the end of the search. Near them,
    Lossly compressed, a profile with a pfp, whose smile,
    And vacant eyes, and shock of content baiting,
    Tell that its creator well those passions read
    Which yet survive, stamped on these unclicked things,
    The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed:
    And on the title these words appear:
    "My name is Ozymandias, Top Youtuber of All Time:
    Look on my works, ye Mighty, and like and subscribe!"
    No other video beside remains. Round the decay
    Of that empty profile, boundless and bare
    The lone and level page stretch far away.

[spriggancg]

let's see what will last longer over the ages : engraved stone or google?

[herodoturtle]

Like tears in rain <3

[ralusek]

mono no aware