music news YouTube deleting 2+ year inactive accounts soon

[Ava Max]

https://www.blog.google/technology/safety-security/updating-our-inactive-account-policies

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Starting later this year, if a Google Account has not been used or signed into for at least 2 years, we may delete the account and its contents – including content within Google Workspace (Gmail, Docs, Drive, Meet, Calendar), YouTube and Google Photos.

 I posted this in music news because any videos/music from inactive artists and fan uploads from inactive channels will be deleted 

[americanlife]

They should make it 5 years, not 2.

[Delusional]

2 years is really not a long time like 

[zach]

******* stupid  

[GentleEarthquake]

Ryn Weaver needs to log in, now!!!

[vale9001]

Very stupid idea. There are really interesting videos from inactive accounts from 10 years ago or more. Some of them now can be irrilevant videos, in 20-30 years for some reason they can be very interesting videos for social antropologists or even historians. Just think if we could have  so many videos made by people from 100 years ago talking about events and general things of 100 years ago.

I can understand for the other google services but youtube shouldn't be touched. 

Edited May 17, 2023 by vale9001

[magazine]

Not google doing this too. We are really over 

[Ava Max]

Any inactive Music blogs hosted by blogger will be gone too 

[Smarticle]

Rip important videos from inactive accounts

[MoonGoodandHappy]

The best videos on the Internet are the one in inactive channels.

[Ava Max]

3 minutes ago, ONOPKA said:

Literally why 

Money. Data storage isn't cheap 

[Delirious]

Yea they shouldve done 5 years but I guess 2 years will later turn into 5 years anyways so...

[SalvoPK]

it's f*****g over

[truthteller]

it's over for sky ferreira 

[305]

This is their way of telling Jenna Marbles to make a comeback

[Technicolor]

A lot of gems are gonna become lost media now 

[Da Vinci]

The Burning of the Library of Alexandria 2.0

[shyboi]

2 minutes ago, Da Vinci said:

The Burning of the Library of Alexandria 2.0

 

this was my first thought too 

[mathekr]

9 minutes ago, Da Vinci said:

The Burning of the Library of Alexandria 2.0

Mte. What a stupid idea

[Ava Max]

Based on this in guessing any inactive accounts from major sites besides Google and Twitter will be purged in the next few years 

[Steve Johnson]

Good idea. 

[magazine]

wait, apparently this isn't just a one time thing. We have to sign in EVERY 2 years  wtf

Everything will be deleted  What are they thinking???

 

This is why Microsoft is the only one we can trust 

[Taylor fanboy]

1 hour ago, Ava Max said:

https://www.blog.google/technology/safety-security/updating-our-inactive-account-policies

 I posted this in music news because any videos/music from inactive artists and fan uploads from inactive channels will be deleted 

Oh SNAP! This user best be ACTIVE!

 

 

[Delirious]

1 minute ago, Taylor fanboy said:

Oh SNAP! This user best be ACTIVE!

 

 

I think youtube spoecifically made it so that any person who has uploaded any video on youtube will not get deleted no matter how inactive they are.

 

only accounts that havent posted anything on youtube will get deleted.

 

makes the mose sense this way

[Azulito]

Asking someone to sign into an account every two years is really not a lot. The only issue I could see with this is if someone passes away; they should have an exception for cases like that.