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In their proposed update to the terms, YouTube wants to be able to delete your channel, account, access should you/your content be deemed by YouTube to not be “commercially viable” enough.

I guess using an #adblocker could be sufficient? Or not enough views? Both?

“Terminations by YouTube for Service Changes

YouTube may terminate your access, or your Google account’s access to all or part of the Service if YouTube believes, in its sole discretion, that provision of the Service to you is no longer commercially viable.”

I doubt that not enough views would be the issue they would close an account over. Sure there's some cost to store the video but the majority of the cost that YouTube bears is in views.

I suspect this is will be used against accounts that have high view/subscribers but their content is such it can't/won't be monetized by YouTube.