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		kodt on Feb 19, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tell HN: YouTube and how my wife lost 7 years of w... Should not creators already have local copies of videos they upload to YouTube?

Ekaros on Feb 19, 2022 | [–]

They should. And if they don't it is clear the video have no future value for them. So why should it have for anyone else?

sodality2 on Feb 20, 2022 | [–]

I know plenty of people who say, "Well, it's on YouTube, it's not gonna shut down any time soon" so they delete their local copies, unfortunately

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