I don't get how it works.

> Encoding: Files are chunked, encoded with fountain codes, and embedded into video frames

Wouldn't YouTube just compress/re-encode your video and ruin your data (assuming you want bit-by-bit accurate recovery)?

If you have some redundancy to counter this, wouldn't it be super inefficient?

(Admittedly, I've never heard of "fountain codes", which is probably crucial to understanding how it works.)

Yeah, I would assume that transcodes kill this eventually...

Jaxan 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Yes it is inefficient. But youtube pays the storage ;-). (There is probably a limit on free accounts, and it is probably not allowed by the TOS.)

Right, you just pay daily in worrying when, not if, youtube will terminate your account and delete your "videos".

I think it's just meant to be a fun experiment, not your next enterprise backup site

	▲	K0balt 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Stegonagraphic backup with crappy ai transmogrified reaction videos. Free backup for openclaw agents so they can take over the internet lol