YouTube (accidentally??) deletes an electronics-related channel (jpdylon) - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: SolderSucker
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: July 06, 2020, 09:10:57 pm
content: The channel 'jpdylon' has been deleted by YouTube for unknown reasons.The owner is Jordan Pier.As I type this Big Clive has a live stream ongoing to bring the matter to people's attention:and shango066 also has a video:a brief summary is available in the descriptions at each of the above links. jpdylon does TV repairs.Does anyone know what's going on? Is this another automated YouTube mistake?Please bring this matter to the attention of the electronics community, maybe even contact YouTube, let's see if we can find out what's going on and whether jpdylon's channel can be reinstated if it's been deleted by mistake.Perhaps Dave would like to make a video about it?

author: NiHaoMike
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 06, 2020, 10:08:49 pm
content: More and more reason to "simulcast" on an alternative platform like Bittorrent in order to have a backup.

author: Benta
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 06, 2020, 10:15:39 pm
content: Prolly a picture was identified as a fraction of a female breast. Enough to make the US and YouTube go into convulsions.Hate, bigotry, jingoism, blood, violence and killing are OK, though.

author: SilverSolder
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 06, 2020, 10:28:10 pm
content: Quote from: Benta on July 06, 2020, 10:15:39 pmIs there any reason for such callous discrimination against male breasts here??

author: duckduck
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 07, 2020, 07:27:44 pm
content: He should just contact YouTube customer service. Oh, yeah, he's not a customer...

author: martinot
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: July 07, 2020, 07:35:05 pm
content: I repost my comment to the video by David here (if it would be censored on YT later, even if I do not think so):The problem is that YouTube does not generate enough income for Google, and they earn the majority of their income from advertising on their Google Search products and their Android app ecosystem/services. A lot of revenue in advertising are from companies selling new products. Content on social media and YouTube helping people repair and keeping old products alive longer could potentially be a threat to Google´s biggest customers, and as a consequence of that also affects Googles main income (ad revenues from Search and Android app ecosystem). So it could be good sensible thing for Google to sacrifice som content in a loss leading part of their business (YouTube), if it can enhance their turn over in their profit genrating business (Search/Android).I think we will se more of this. It is (unfortunately for us) in Google´s business interest.I am not against capitalism or enterprises (quite the opposite; I am a strong defender of it), but we do have to remember that Googles customers is not us viewers on YouTube (or uses of Google Search or Android). Google´s customers are the advertisers. It is important for everyone to understand that fundamental business model.We also have to understand that it is us users who has given Google this extremely large power and strong market position. Every time that we watch YouTube we support and enforce Google´s market share of the content distribution (and also social media/advertising connected to it) market. We also have to understand that every time we use Google Search, or use an Android product, we give away our data to Google, and also sell us as targeted consumers to their customers (companies buying advertising, market data, and influence).I like a lot of Googles manygreatservices (really good in many cases), but their power and stronghold on the market and our society rivals, or exceeds, the power of many countries governments.Addition; I do not advocate that we should regulate or control Google, but we should have a basic understanding of both their power and their business model.I also think it is very smart of David and EEVblog to be available on many competing content distribution platforms (the more independent your of Google, the less chance that they will target you). It is also a good thing for the competition and healthiness of the market (even if I today can not see any real threat to Google´s dominance).

author: langwadt
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 07, 2020, 08:01:00 pm
content: google must be really hurting at the moment, I just saw that unless creators opt-out mid roll ads will now be added to every monetized video longer than 8 minutes, not just new videos, all videos

author: Homer J Simpson
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 08, 2020, 06:40:12 am
content: Channel back up.

author: DrG
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 08, 2020, 01:37:17 pm
content: Sometimes in life, when you are a blueberry muffin, they see you as a Chihuahua.Is that what happened, or is the "cause" still not known?

author: Halcyon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 08, 2020, 07:46:30 pm
content: Quote from: DrG on July 08, 2020, 01:37:17 pmOr Poodles and Fried Chicken (look it up).

author: martinot
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: July 11, 2020, 08:30:59 am
content: Quote from: DrG on July 08, 2020, 01:37:17 pmYou will, much unfortunately, probably never get the answer to that (it is like asking the Russians for an answer what they did to Raul Wallenberg).I do think it is within Google's full right to do whatever they like with their services, but I do wish they would be a little bit more transparent when they censor or block channels or content.Even an automated AI bot could be programmed to give a simple sentence or explanation why channels are deleted. Would not cost them much time or resources to do so, but would help greatly in avoiding the current silence and void of information.