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I would be curious to read the background discussion at HN you refer to?


From a quick search:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13768856

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13815764

TLDR: The videos were removed because of a lawsuit relating to the lack of captions, making them inaccessible to the deaf.


> The videos were removed because of a lawsuit relating to the lack of captions, making them inaccessible to the deaf.

It wasn't a lawsuit. It wasn't just people with hearing impairment (although they were the complainants) - the content was inaccessible to people with visual impairment and manual disability too.


Don't know why you appear to be being downvoted. You're right, I'm wrong. :)




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