YouTube could delete your account if you’re not 'commercially viable'

YouTube’s new terms of service that are set to commence from December 10, has made content creators very nervous.

The section titles titled “Account Suspension & Termination” with the subheader “Terminations by YouTube for Service Changes,” states that “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.”

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According to the new terms if your YouTube channel is not profitable then the social media giant could easily delete it.

The company sent emails to its users updating them with the new terms and conditions of the service, which enables YouTube to pull a channel that isn’t generating enough advertising revenue.

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This also means that creators could lose out on their Gmail, Google Photos and documents if they are no longer profitable on the video platform.

The new terms and conditions are alarming which led to people voicing their concerns on Twitter;

YouTube is updating their Terms of Service on 10 December, 2019. It presents an awful possibility for the future of creators on the platform. It seems they will be able to terminate your channel if it's "no longer commercially viable."https://t.co/UrVpXmq4k5pic.twitter.com/aHIV3XbsRN

— Kizzume (@Kizzume) November 8, 2019

YouTube has new Terms Of Service on December 10th. This basically says that if channels don't make enough money, THEY WILL POSSIBLY TERMINATE THEM!!!

Looks like I fought to the very end but now I may be close to losing my livelihood, losing my passion, my audience and my... pic.twitter.com/P74uQe8jpW

— Christian Maracle (@MaracleMan) November 9, 2019

Youtube Pre-2020: Oh wow I made 10 bucks off ads. Neat
Youtube Post-2020: "Your account has been suspended and your gmail deleted for not being commercially viable. You are also being fined 42,000 dollars for uploading "Let's Play Resident Evil Part 8" under COPPA"

— Mister AntiBully (@MisterAntiBully) November 8, 2019

online content creators need to unionize or this will continue to happen https://t.co/IfrJIsJ6qa

— Liz Ryerson (@ellaguro) November 10, 2019

This article was originally published on Mashable.