Twitch will start deleting archived video you were watching on YouTube anyway

Gameplay livestreaming platform Twitch is shaking up how its saves, and deletes, live broadcasts.

The company announced today that it will no longer save everyone’s livestreams as archived videos forever. Instead, it will delete all past broadcasts for nonpaying Twitch members after 14 days. Twitch will save its partners and Turbo premium subscribers’ past broadcasts for 60 days. The site will keep any highlights that players make forever. This change makes sense for Twitch, as most people do not watch archived video. When they do, they tend to find it on the Google-owned YouTube, which is working on a deal to acquire Twitch for $1 billion.