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

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Post by stjohnswarts »

BitwiseFool wrote: post #36
noisy_boy wrote: post #28

Am I the only one who didn't even know that youtube had age-restricted videos? Somehow I have managed to watch it for years without ever getting prompted for age confirmation!

YouTube had to crack down on all kinds of videos because of some laws that congress passed under the pretense of "protecting children". For many content creators it's easier to mark your video as age-restricted than to try and comply with child-friendly guidelines. This is also why so many videos now disable the comments section.

Yeah this definitely a government overreach thing rather than google's fault. Their implementation of the policy is kind of awful I suppose though.

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

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Post by jokethrowaway »

manigandham wrote: post #99
gruez wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That totally makes sense from a software engineering point of view. The age check was probably implemented as a "verified_age" column somewhere, and they didn't bother backfilling it with your existing google account info.

It doesn't make sense for a trillion-dollar company known for some of the best software engineering. There are remarkable lapses in UX with Google products.

Best engineering? Ever tried hiring some of those ex Google contractors?

There is plenty of good engineers in Google and plenty of terrible engineers.

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

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Post by dvfjsdhgfv »

dredmorbius wrote: post #86
dfxm12 wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

And for those who haven't given their credit card number, as a protection against abuse or "accidental" purchases (in-app, in-game, premium content, etc.), this looks like a suspiciously-convenient-to-Google mechanism for acquiring CC data. We were previously told that it was advisable to use YouTube under an alias, and that other personal information such as phone numbers would be used only for account verification.…

> this looks like a suspiciously-convenient-to-Google mechanism for acquiring CC data.

Actually wouldn't be surprised if the newly acquired CC number appeared right away as a new means of payment in Google Play.

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

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Post by rolph »

nonamesleft wrote: post #32
prg318 wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

yt-dlp actually does have the same issue (at least when connecting from the US): ./yt-dlp.sh " https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR8s72aouNE " [youtube] rR8s72aouNE: Downloading webpage [youtube] rR8s72aouNE: Refetching age-gated info webpage ERROR: Sign in to confirm your age This video may be inappropriate for some users.

Seems to be video-dependent, tried the one you posted, and it seems to fail, but another one " https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY4Gz_Axpew " worked with yt-dlp but not youtube-dl. Guess it's the beginning of the end of watching youtube for me soon. EDIT: From an EU ip.

from USA ip :

youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY4Gz_Axpew [youtube] oY4Gz_Axpew: Downloading webpage [youtube] oY4Gz_Axpew: Refetching age-gated info webpage WARNING: unable to download video info webpage: HTTP Error 404: Not Found Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 174, in _run_module_as_main "__main__", fname, loader, pkg_name) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 72, in _run_code exec code in run_globals File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/__main__.py", line 19, in File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 475, in main File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 465, in _real_main File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2069, in download File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 808, in extract_info File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 815, in wrapper File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 836, in __extract_info File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 534, in extract File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1502, in _real_extract File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/compat.py", line 2644, in compat_parse_qs File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/compat.py", line 2614, in _parse_qsl AttributeError: 'bool' object has no attribute 'split'

very interesting

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

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Post by InvaderFizz »

hughrr wrote: post #38
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!

Same situation here. This, the 2/3 ads being forced down me which are of no interest at all and the constant upselling of YouTube music and the recent shoot down of ad blockers on the desktop browser front really makes it a hostile place to be a consumer of media. I have experimentally uninstalled the YT app off my phone and not used the web site and I haven’t missed it a bit.

The App experience just got worse and worse.

I deleted the app and now use Brave for YouTube watching on iOS. Clears most ads, and allows background playback if you full screen the video first.

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

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Post by aiisjustanif »

thethimble wrote: post #117
bruiseralmighty wrote: post #91

Hmm, it's such a shame that we have a single point of failure for so much of internet culture, not to mention people's actual creative lives. This is one of the reasons I started using youtube-dl. I wanted to create an independent backup of all my favorite creators and contributors in the event that they have to leave or delete their channels. This content should belong to everyone. I wish I could trust that all my f…

Sorry I have the opposite perspectives as you: I don’t want to visit independent creators’ websites to find their content - all with different UIs, etc. YouTube gives me a clean, centralized way to access content where I know I will be able to stream 4K and view content offline. This feels massively more convenient to me than having to maintain a catalog of offline videos… While I think we all agree that centralizati…

> Finally your assertion of “this content should belong to everyone” is idealistic. Who is going to pay to store and stream this content? What about the copyright of the actual content creators?

That’s ironic because YouTube beat Viacom in 2013 because “this content should belong to everyone” not us so you can’t sue YouTube go sue the users.

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

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Post by beardbound »

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…

My capital one card has virtual cards, and I’ve seen it other places. The only issue is that it’s done by a browser add on that has incredibly high permissions. I handle it by using a separate Firefox profile for the rare occasions I need to use them. I start Firefox with that profile, use it, then go back into my normal profile.

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

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Post by h_anna_h »

Spivak wrote: post #81
wyager wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is parents’ job, not Google’s. If you legally require Google to act like a parent, they have to do it to everyone.

Sounds good. Say I'm a non-technical parent that wants to give my child access to YouTube but not allow them to watch content that they're not old enough to consume on their own. How should I do this? I want to give them the freedom to explore topics they're interested in so downloading some pre-approved videos isn't going to work. And my kid is smart and will realize that any account-specific setting can trivially b…

It really is the mission of every parent to ruin everything for everyone else (including their own kids).

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

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Post by forgotpwd16 »

bouncycastle wrote: post #94

Recently, my 15 year old Google account started to nag me for my birthday. If Google was smart, they could have worked out that I'm old enough by now! (The account is older than 13 so definitely not a kid behind it, lol)

True, but are you 18?
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