Anybody who runs any level of successful YouTube channel knows, deep down, that they always run the risk of being deplatformed, sometimes through no fault of their own. Three strikes to any channel automatically remove it from Google’s video-on-demand platform no ifs, no buts, no appeals. That would be fine, in theory, if the world was not full of copyright trolls and general bad actors looking to create headaches for content creators – some of whom deserve it, many of which don’t. Popular retro gaming channel RoseTintedSprectrum vanished over the weekend, having been terminated by Google’s YouTube for “spam/deceptive practice/abuse” something which the channel’s creator strongly denies has been broken. Hey @TeamYouTube – you've terminated my channel for "spam/deceptive practise/abuse" policies that I haven't violated.