Both of those things are true simultaneously. YouTube and other Google products are advised against for long term storage because Google's acting this way is en

Both of those things are true simultaneously. YouTube and other Google products are advised against for long term storage because Google's acting this way is entirely unacceptable. Until the latter can be fixed, the only real hedge a person has is to simply not rely entirely on Google for anything. That's just the reality of it. Blame never rests on the user, either way. Google will always have far more power than the user.