Because it's operated on the whims of a 3rd party whose primary concern is ad re...

		Spivak on Aug 19, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: YouTube admits 'wrong call' over deletion of Syria... Because it's operated on the whims of a 3rd party whose primary concern is ad revenue. It's disappointing that historically important videos are being deleted but unless they introduce a new program for long term archival YT isn't really the place to store them.