Hacking is a very broad term with positive meanings in most cases, at least spoken from one programmer to another. It seems too broad to say, hacking videos are not allowed. Hacking together a Node SPA? Is that hacking? No, but it will result in the video immediately being flagged as not eligible for monetization etc. Google's morals and ethics should not be pushed on the entire world's only video platform (realistically speaking). The world needed competitors years ago.
I am not sure why we're having a debate about what "hacking" is when the original article is entitled 'YouTube bans content “showing users how to bypass secure computer systems”'. Making a Node SPA is not bypassing secure computer systems. You are getting mad at Google for something they have neither said nor done.
The point of my original post was to say, no matter what YouTube's guidelines are, they're not censorship any more than NBC not wanting to broadcast some random TV show you just produced. There are other means to get your message out there. Not having access to easy ones doesn't mean you're being oppressed. It just means you have to work harder.
