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YouTube-dl can no longer download age-restricted videos

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Re: YouTube-dl can no longer download age-restricted videos

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Post by LandR »

toto444 wrote: post #14

A few days ago, I clicked an age restricted video on Youtube and usually I just state that I am above 18 but now they ask for a credit card number or an identity card to prove it. I am not going to send this just to watch some random video clip that users have declared not appropriate to a young audience because it features a zombie. Seriously!

Had a video come up as age restricted forcing me to sign into watch. It was a cooking video, they added some form of alcohol to the dish at one point..

I mean, I get it, but it still feels ridiculous.

Re: YouTube-dl can no longer download age-restricted videos

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Post by dheera »

dfxm12 wrote: post #58
swiley wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You work so hard explaining to your friends good infosec practice like not just typing their credit card in because some site wants to "verify their age" and then Google and Apple just go and fuck around with stuff like this. At this point the best advice you can give your friends is "stay the fuck away from computers unless you're willing to sit down and read a bunch of FOSSS manuals."

On one hand, people have given up their credit card for worse pre-Internet or outside of the Internet (like "free" or nearly free trials that turn into a subscription service). On another, Google already has a lot of peoples' credit card numbers by way of Google Pay. Does this expose those people to any more risk?

Aren't there some credit cards that can create virtual numbers?

Just give them a virtual number and then disable it right after registering. Then have your free trial, and only if you decide to actually subscribe, change it to a credit card number that is active.

Businesses should not be unscrupulously trying to make money off people who forgot about the product during their free trial.

Re: YouTube-dl can no longer download age-restricted videos

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Post by tosbalok2 »

rorykoehler wrote: post #53
bencollier49 wrote: post #34

I've found YouTube increasingly unusable in general over the last few months. It seems to be pushing absolute rubbish at me. There's a gap in the market for a music-only video service.

All the videos start in potato quality for me now. What is going on? Surely they can afford the bandwidth of all services?

Are you, by chance, using Brave? I've noticed that recently with Brave as well. Didn't seem to happen in Chrome even when viewing the same videos on the same machine.

Re: YouTube-dl can no longer download age-restricted videos

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Post by mmmmmbop »

spentu wrote: post #48
booleandilemma wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Would it be worth it to just get a credit card for the sole purpose of youtube-dl? Maybe put some kind of limit on it, if possible?

Long time ago I remember reading about some service, that allows using single use credit cards. Last year I was looking for it, as many services cannot ne trusted with this information. But I could nothing like it. Maybe I was just dreaming... Getting a legit card like that could be possible, but I don't think its worth of hassle and possible costs. Some companies practically throw these cards on you, but usually the…

You might be thinking of Privacy [0].

[0] https://privacy.com/

Re: YouTube-dl can no longer download age-restricted videos

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Post by Ajedi32 »

gulbrandr wrote: post #27
marcodiego wrote: post #5

I remember http://nsfwyoutube.com/ hasn't been working for sometime. Maybe it is related. Is there still a way to anonymously watch restricted videos on youtube? I don't want to login to google to watch videos.

You can use https://yewtu.be/ which is an instance of Invidious, all instances are listed here: https://github.com/iv-org/documentation/blob/f8ac896b91888e7...

Are you sure this change doesn't break Invidious as well? How will Invidious access those videos if it needs to sign in to do it?

Re: YouTube-dl can no longer download age-restricted videos

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Post by everdrive »

This problem may be surmountable, but eventually it seems likely that youtube will be closed to hackers and freeloaders. It's sad in the general sense -- but of course Google is free to modify their services however they like. Hosting all that video is not free and currently they support it via advertising.

This means that any consumer of Youtube should expect that eventually Youtube may stop working for them -- and perhaps all the content they love on Youtube will eventually become unavailable.

Re: YouTube-dl can no longer download age-restricted videos

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Post by yakubin »

swiley wrote: post #49
bencollier49 wrote: post #34

I've found YouTube increasingly unusable in general over the last few months. It seems to be pushing absolute rubbish at me. There's a gap in the market for a music-only video service.

>music-only video service I'm not sure how that isn't soundcloud/spotify.

Soundcloud and Spotify don't have any video.

Re: YouTube-dl can no longer download age-restricted videos

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Post by andreilys »

hyfgfh wrote: post #37
toto444 wrote: post #14

A few days ago, I clicked an age restricted video on Youtube and usually I just state that I am above 18 but now they ask for a credit card number or an identity card to prove it. I am not going to send this just to watch some random video clip that users have declared not appropriate to a young audience because it features a zombie. Seriously!

Looks like they are trying to reduce the friction to subscribe to Youtube Premium

Take a look at the EU's Audiovisual Media Services Directive [https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/avmsd] and you'll have your answer for why this feature exists.

Re: YouTube-dl can no longer download age-restricted videos

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Post by bellyfullofbac »

booleandilemma wrote: post #29
spentu wrote: post #22

I noticed this yesterday and now I am wondering what to do. Especially when more and more videos are getting flagged. ID is out of the question, credit card seems more plausible. However, i wonder what happens when you give the number. I don't want that it sticks after validation...

Would it be worth it to just get a credit card for the sole purpose of youtube-dl? Maybe put some kind of limit on it, if possible?

It's not about the limit, but about the tying of identity. If you enter a CC number, Google will then be able to know exactly who viewed the video. If you use youtube-dl, or even ad-blocking, who knows if that violates some T&C, and they could then shut down all accounts connected to you...
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