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There are a shit ton videos with the same title: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Install+Nextclo...

So your issue is probably with the links in your description, it's probably to prevent spread of malwares since majority of youtube users are random people, they'd run what ever .exe/.apk they are told to open

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And the fact that he has to guess at what the problem may or may not be is the core of the issue here. A simple straightforward response clearly indicating why the content is removed is not so far-fetched an idea.

That would help users committing fraud to improve their vectors.

So people with honorable intentions should be punished and have no recourse? Security through obscurity is not security. I know this is a complicated subject with numerous methods of acting on fraud, abuse, or even simple mistakes -- but I don't see any reason why more information about exactly why something is removed in an automated fashion is bad for the user or bad for the business; assuming, of course, that Google even care to support their product.

youtube is a platform with billions of monthly users, scaling personal support is quite a difficult task

MKBHD made a video today that properly highlights this kind of issue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Cw-vODp-8Y

If they can automate flagging/removing content, they can automate providing relevant information to the posters of said content. I'm not suggesting they throw people at the problem and provide on-call personal support to everyone.

The only scaling issue my amateur brain can fathom is the manner in which the information is provided (data in a database then shown in a user interface, email notification, etc). And it's Google -- experts in AI, ML, data, and automation. Scaling sounds like an excuse, not a reason.

Interesting, that could be it, thanks!

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