bimbimboy@lemm.ee to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoJeff Geerling: Self-hosting your own media considered harmful (updated). Youtube removed his content, saying that self hosting content is "dangerous or harmful content"www.jeffgeerling.comexternal-linkmessage-square70linkfedilinkarrow-up1699arrow-down14
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minus-squarenon_burglar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up78·7 days agoYouTube restored the video, but not until Jeff had made a huge stink about it (and rightfully so, those yt fuckers can eat a dick).
minus-squareirotsoma@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·7 days agoYeah, and it was a one off restore, so others who are mentioning self hosting will still be taken down as long as that policy remains.
minus-squarenon_burglar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 days agoI agree. I will add, however, that Jeff’s main concern isn’t the policy itself, but that he and other youtubers can’t see it or know what the rules are. The lack of transparency is the real issue.
YouTube restored the video, but not until Jeff had made a huge stink about it (and rightfully so, those yt fuckers can eat a dick).
Yeah, and it was a one off restore, so others who are mentioning self hosting will still be taken down as long as that policy remains.
I agree.
I will add, however, that Jeff’s main concern isn’t the policy itself, but that he and other youtubers can’t see it or know what the rules are. The lack of transparency is the real issue.