YouTube: No, channels that don’t make money will not be deleted
YouTube ‘s new, more “straightforward and easy to understand” terms of use were not just about deleting accounts. As we mentioned yesterday , the loose definition of “Account Suspension & Termination” made it easy to imply that YouTube would be able to delete an account if that account was not profitable for the company.
Of course users’ reactions were numerous and immediate, forcing YouTube to hurry up its position.
To clarify, there are no new rights in our ToS to terminate an account bc it’s not making money. As before, we may discontinue certain YouTube features or parts of the service, for ex., if they're outdated or have low usage. This does not impact creators/viewers in any new ways.
— TeamYouTube (@TeamYouTube) November 11, 2019
YouTube has therefore confirmed via Twitter that no channels will be deleted because it does not generate money and emphasized that this section of the Terms of Use refers to platform services and not to individual channels. That is, YouTube reserves the right to withdraw features of the platform which do not perform as the company would like.
