Facebook to delete your live videos after 30 days; users can download or transfer content
Meta has announced a significant change to Facebook's handling of live broadcast recordings. Starting February 19th, live videos on Facebook can be replayed, downloaded, or shared for 30 days, after which they will be automatically deleted. Previously, these videos were stored indefinitely. This change affects both new and existing live videos, with all live content older than 30 days set for removal.
The deletion will occur in waves over the coming months. To assist users, Facebook is offering tools to download older live videos before they are deleted. Users will be notified before their archival videos are removed, giving them 90 days to decide whether to download, transfer to cloud storage, or convert the videos to reels. An option to defer deletion for an additional six months is also available, providing more time to manage old live content. After this period, any remaining videos will be permanently deleted if no action is taken.
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Most livestreams do seem like a waste of storage. I just hope people that care about their past livestreams can save them in time.
From Facebook announcement page: "These changes will align our storage policies with industry standards and help ensure we are providing the most up-to-date live video experiences for everyone on Facebook." I've seen people being much clearer even when explaining the physics of black holes.
The first half is quite clear to me. Live broadcasts in other platforms are all ephemeral (the only exception now being youtube). The last half is corporate fluff to seem like they care.
It's evolving, just backwards.
If I can upload long videos to Facebook, there's no reason that livestream archives have to be deleted without option to keep it. Twitch is also terrible for the same reason. Livestreams should be able to be kept indefinitely. Are the revenue from ads sandwiching every posts on Facebook & Instagram not enough? Seems like they're running out of money.