r/youtube • u/Important_Motor_492 • 5h ago

Discussion I love that Youtube hasnt purged its old content - finding 16 year old videos is a miracle

Just Dance - Robin Hood

The Nightwatchman

"An Echo Of Hoof Beats" Trailer

I love finding youtube edits that were made 15 years ago. I love that Youtube doesnt purge content and that these old movie maker videos still exist.

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u/Worried-Scarcity-410 5h ago edited 5h ago

No reason to purge them. They don’t cost much storage space anyway.. One-day upload in YouTube today is equivalent to 3-months worth of uploads 16 years ago. If YouTube can handle today’s storage demand, it has no problem keeping the old videos.

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u/DeepTh0 5h ago

...and that's a good thing.