YouTube changes Terms of Service to emphasize it can delete channels that are not "commercially viable"

[Redaktion]

YouTube will update its terms of service to more clearly point out that the website can shut down channels that are deemed unprofitable. While this has sparked passionate debate among users and content creators, the law concerning a website's control over its posted content is nuanced and complex. As it stands, it looks like YouTube is well within its rights to shut down channels that it deems conflict with its terms of service.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/YouTube-changes-Terms-of-Service-to-emphasize-it-can-delete-channels-that-are-not-commercially-viable.442636.0.html

[anon]

it should be noted that YouTube is a private company that is legally beholden to stockholders to make money

This is a myth. The U.S. Supreme Court recently said in a case against Hobby Lobby:

"While it is certainly true that a central objective of for-profit corporations is to make money, modern corporate law does not require for-profit corporations to pursue profit at the expense of everything else, and many do not do so."

[LHPSU]

That's an interpretative rephrasing, to say the least.

YouTube may terminate your access, or your Google account's access to all or part of the Service if YouTube believes, in its sole discretion, that provision of the Service to you is no longer commercially viable.

I dislike YouTube as much as anybody on the planet for all the crap that they force down my throat, but this post really feels clickbaity.