[Scoundreller]

Iunno, many "businesses" have sudden changes in policy and then decide to delete much of history with no consideration of its impacts.

* Reddit deciding to erase/ban subreddits with any drug theme, among others.

* Newspapers delete their comments sections, not just going forward, but forever in the past.

* Image hosters decide to ban hotlinking or go subscription-only. Since I drive a 200X car, this is a pain when many of the guides posted onto forums are basically useless.

With Youtube demonetizing videos (often useful but low-volume How-to videos that nobody would subscribe to), that's another nail in the coffin for them continuing to host video that can't earn them revenue.