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I lost $80 backing up a banned channel archive before the host wiped it
I paid for a year of cloud storage to back up a political commentary channel that got a 'community guidelines' strike. The host platform deleted the entire archive three days later, so my backup was useless. I should have used a decentralized tool like a torrent or a peer-to-peer network instead of trusting another corporate server. Has anyone else had a channel vanish and found a better way to save the videos?
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margaret6922mo ago
What about a personal server? You'd have total control then.
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blake3021mo ago
Remember my buddy who set up a home server? His cat knocked a drink into the power strip last month. Lost a whole photo album from a trip. Total control means you're also in charge of every single point of failure.
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mia_singh242mo ago
Total control sounds great until your power goes out. Then you have zero control and your stuff is just gone. Who wants to be their own backup generator?
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