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YouTube can be used as a host yet not as a platform. Make all your videos unlisted and just use video player on your website.
by hammock 4y ago
YouTube can be used as a host yet not as a platform. Make all your videos unlisted and just use video player on your website.
- azangru 4y agoBut that’s not owning your platform. What if youtube decides that your video is in violation of some community guidelines and deletes it?
- enos_feedler 4y agoYou can fix that by having backups and hosting elsewhere. The difference is using a service's infrastructure vs. using a platform's reach.
- blibble 4y agosign up again?
- stevenjgarner 4y agoIf you own the page where they are embedded, YOU own the content. Your YouTube goes away, you can place the video elsewhere (or even back on another YouTube channel) and update your embedding to point to the new location. You still own the page and any comments and/or monetization you might have established.
- stevenjgarner 4y agoAgreed if you make them all unlisted AND: 1) set the iframe width="514" height="289" or smaller that will remove the "Watch on YouTube" link (viewers can still view in fullscreen) 2) add ?modestbranding=1 to the end of the src url, this will also remove the "YouTube" link Then add your own comments system to your embedded page and monetize how you see fit.