I wonder when they'll have to start deleting content to make space again. At some point, adding more and more servers probably won't be feasible anymore.

It really is just wild that a service like YouTube is as big as it is and just does its thing.

[–] Shapillon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Currently data storage is dirt cheap because globalised mass production of electronics is a wild thing.

As soon as we get past our current peak everything production at least on copper, rare metals, and petrol (there's more, I'm just not knowledgeable enough) and we start to have to ration things a bit high res video streaming will be one of the first things to go.

[–] miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

And then comes the question, what will they delete first?

Probably old and therefore maybe irrelevant content, but those old videos from over a decade ago are also mostly lower resolution and bitrate and won't free up as much space.

So once that's exhausted, what goes next?

Who will have the privilege to stay on the platform, and who won't? Or in other words, who makes YouTube the most money?

And once that has to be decided, content will be whatever YouTube wants it to be. Which I can't imagine being a good thing.

[–] Shapillon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

My guess would be deleting higher res versions of less watched videos and unwatched videos alltogether.

Anyway archiving everything everyone does is - imho - a fool's errand.