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> That felt like a total invasion of their private lives. Except they literally explicitly uploaded it to YT.

rescripting 2y ago
At the time this was probably the one of the most convenient ways to share videos with loved ones. It wouldn't cross your mind that these videos were "public" because no one had the link but you. I'm sure it never crossed their mind that 15 years later an aggregator would be resurfacing them.
- recursive 2y ago
  Is there a more convenient way now? Not being sarcastic, but it's still pretty damn convenient.
  - 85392_school 2y ago
    These days you can unlist the video.
    - throwawayq3423 2y ago
      YOu think people know how to do that? Or even remember their content is there for all to see?
      - johnnyanmac 2y ago
        I don't think most people care to be honest. Dive into enough small accounts on instagram sharing their entire life story and you start to have a different perception on the ethical quandries. The quandry is that people feel insignifigant and don't care if a dozen strangers see their posts.
    - jonny_eh 2y ago
      That was possible then too, but took an extra step. Defaults are important.
  - jonny_eh 2y ago
    I use Google Photos. Apple Photos would work too. Or any of the messaging apps like WhatsApp, Telegram, etc.
kelnos 2y ago
Who says it was explicit? They may have done so without understanding the implications. Your insistence that people did this intentionally, fully understanding what they were doing, is pretty weird. You have no idea why people uploaded these, what their level of technical proficiency was when they did so, or what they understood about the availability of the videos they posted. Maybe don't claim to read people's minds, and be open to the idea that people do things for a variety of reasons, and often don't consider (or even know that they should consider) the implications of everything they do.
- johnnyanmac 2y ago
  > They may have done so without understanding the implications. this may have even been pre-Google, so yes. You would have needed to create a youtube account, sign its TOS, and then press the corresponding options to upload a video to the internet. I don't think even back then people just auto-uploaded everything on heir phone; YT had pretty strict limits at that time anyway.

At the time this was probably the one of the most convenient ways to share videos with loved ones. It wouldn't cross your mind that these videos were "public" because no one had the link but you. I'm sure it never crossed their mind that 15 years later an aggregator would be resurfacing them.

recursive 2y ago
Is there a more convenient way now? Not being sarcastic, but it's still pretty damn convenient.
- 85392_school 2y ago
  These days you can unlist the video.
  - throwawayq3423 2y ago
    YOu think people know how to do that? Or even remember their content is there for all to see?
    - johnnyanmac 2y ago
      I don't think most people care to be honest. Dive into enough small accounts on instagram sharing their entire life story and you start to have a different perception on the ethical quandries. The quandry is that people feel insignifigant and don't care if a dozen strangers see their posts.
  - jonny_eh 2y ago
    That was possible then too, but took an extra step. Defaults are important.
- jonny_eh 2y ago
  I use Google Photos. Apple Photos would work too. Or any of the messaging apps like WhatsApp, Telegram, etc.

kelnos 2y ago

Who says it was explicit? They may have done so without understanding the implications. Your insistence that people did this intentionally, fully understanding what they were doing, is pretty weird. You have no idea why people uploaded these, what their level of technical proficiency was when they did so, or what they understood about the availability of the videos they posted. Maybe don't claim to read people's minds, and be open to the idea that people do things for a variety of reasons, and often don't consider (or even know that they should consider) the implications of everything they do.

johnnyanmac 2y ago
> They may have done so without understanding the implications. this may have even been pre-Google, so yes. You would have needed to create a youtube account, sign its TOS, and then press the corresponding options to upload a video to the internet. I don't think even back then people just auto-uploaded everything on heir phone; YT had pretty strict limits at that time anyway.