Apple deleted 20 years of WWDC video archives published by fans from YouTube

Apple holds an event for developers 'WWDC (Worldwide Developers Conference)' in early summer every year, and in recent years it has been distributed on YouTube and archived. However, there is no official archive for those that were distributed in their own format in the past, and unofficial videos by fans have been published on YouTube, but this time, Apple has asked one of the video publishers to delete them. was issued, and it was found that the video was deleted from YouTube.

Congratulations Apple, you took down my YouTube channel containing hundreds of…20-year old WWDC videos. Wouldn't want anyone learning about Mac OS X, Darwin, Aqua, or WebObjects ???? @tim_cook @pschiller @gruber @jsnell @ ismh @mjtsai @reneritchie @reckless pic.twitter.com/w2UgVqOubF

— Brendan Shanks (@realmrpippy) November 4, 2022

Apple kills long-time event archive on YouTube | AppleInsider
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Mr. Brendan Shanks (@realmrpippy) deleted the YouTube channel that uploaded the video. It is said that 20 years of WWDC footage was released, including Mac OS X and Darwin before the notation change, the popular GUI design 'Aqua', and the world's first web application server 'WebObjects'.

In response to the deletion, Mr. Shanks tweeted that he plans to provide the original file to InternetArchive.

I still have all the original files (and descriptions, which were a lot of work!), and I'll be moving things over to the @internetarchive . It'll take time though, and unfortunately videos get a lot less visibility when you 're not on YT

— Brendan Shanks (@realmrpippy) November 4, 2022

It should be noted that Mr. Shanks was not surprised because it has been deleted several times in the past, but he said that he was annoyed that his personal YouTube account and YouTube TV, which he had just subscribed to, could no longer be used. I'm here.

I wasn't super surprised this happened (there were a few takedowns a couple years ago). I'm honestly more annoyed that it wiped out my personal YT account and even YouTube TV, which I was just billed real money for.

A cease and desist in the mail would be much friendlier.

— Brendan Shanks (@realmrpippy) November 4, 2022

Apple archives WWDC footage from 2014 on YouTube.

Apple-WWDC 2014-YouTube


WWDC 2022-June 7 (Japan time) | Apple-YouTube


If you search for videos from before 2013, you will find them, but they are unofficial.