3.5/5 – Understandable but frustrating. If you view Tyler as a man reinventing himself, deleting old videos is a natural (if drastic) step. If you value internet history, transparency, or comparative study, it feels like a loss. The best replacement is archive.org (Wayback Machine) or fan re-uploads, but those are incomplete.
The deletion was not entirely voluntary; it was accelerated by YouTube itself. In 2019, YouTube drastically updated its community guidelines regarding harassment, hate speech, and "borderline content." rsd tyler deleted youtube videos