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I don't get it. You can unlist your video on youtube, disable the comments, disable related videos etc. and that solves every problem the author talks about. You can even disable monetisation so a user will never see an ad.

You can also go one step further and deliver youtube video through an entirely custom player: https://github.com/videojs/videojs-youtube

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You can try, until they'll block you for not having the ads as they did with the blender channel.

https://www.blender.org/media-exposure/youtube-blocks-blende...

That's a very confusing post. I'm not sure what I can conclude from it.

I don't believe embedded videos have adverts either way.

After reading the article, it seems inaccurate to summarize it how you did. In particular, all the videos are now back up, and the Blender channel still does not have ads.

Only because of public outrage. If it was just some guy, that probably wouldn't have been reversed.

By using any google = ads.

It solves the author's problems, but IMO the biggest risk is having your entire google identity nuked for a reason you can't be told, and having every aspect of G taken with it.

The risk is low, but if it's your livelihood, you would be foolish not to consider the issue. Just like paypal: everything is fine until it's not, and then you are stuck with absolutely no avenue of appeal.

> disable related videos

That hasn't been possible in some time (yes there are some hacky ways to get around it), and caused a lot of companies in my extended network to ditch Youtube for embeded videos on their website.

What did they switch to?

Some of them to Cloudflare Streaming as per my recommendation. Their dashboard is easy enough to use for your typical digital marketer and it spits out an embed script that's as easy to integrate as the Youtube one. They also don't have much traffic, so they barely get above the 5$ minimum charge.

1 or 2 ended up with Vidyard (or a similar for-marketers solution I don't remember the name of). For the rest I don't know what they ended up with.

Until they randomly take down your video at the worst time for copyright or some other account problem.

You could say that about any hosting platform you pay for too. The majority will comply with copyright infringement cases.

You can pick a for pay platform that has a customer service that helps you to resolve such issues quickly.

Most platforms don't actively give rightsholders tools to find offending content, nor do they give "rightsholders" financial incentive to claim content (with no repercussions if they claim more than they own).

And that is why he made his own...got the point?

That was the first thing that came to my mind too.

For some people there are maybe many different reasons no to go with Google. But the reasons the author put up, are no reason to go with Youtube. It is the cheapest way to host video and then to embed it into your site.

Maybe your content is against the rules of YouTube or you want to have a custom paywall for your premium content. Maybe you just don't want Google to collect data about your users. You will be in trouble when Google cancels your account without prior notice.

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