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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 cabalamat »

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!

> now they ask for a credit card number or an identity card to prove it

I got the same thing and it left a bad taste in my mouth -- it felt to me that it was just Google's excuse to hoover up more information about me.

No, Google, I am not going to give you my credit card of government issued ID.

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

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Post by ehsankia »

delusional wrote: post #198
jeroenhd wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

AFAIK the age restriction credit card thing (inside the EU) is the result of some stupid law change (the Audiovisual Media Services Directive). Google probably doesn't want to validate users' age (because selling ads to impressionable kids is very lucrative) but they have to now.

I'm so tired of tech people saying "it has to suck because the law requires it", when they clearly haven't read it. You hear it all the time when discussing tracking banners or ID verification. NO, the law does NOT require your implementation to suck, and most laws give you plenty of leeway in how you implement it. This is really not personal, but I HATE the argument. Take this as an example. The AVMSD isn't new, it…

If it was codified in 2010, was is it only going into affect now 10 years later? I'm not an expert in browsing EU law, but I do see a "revision" of AVMSD [0] that passed in 2018 and started going into effect around 2021 in various countries [1]. The two links you posted very clearly say "archived on 2012" so they are not the new version.

[0] https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/revision-a...

[1] https://www.obs.coe.int/en/web/observatoire/avmsd-tracking

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

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Post by sbarre »

JI00912 wrote: post #194
pitaj wrote: post #115

Earlier quoted context omitted.

...only in some jurisdictions where it's required by law.

It's not required in my country and I get the checks. This has nothing to do with legislation.

When you say "get the checks" do you mean YouTube is asking for a copy of your ID or that it's giving you the regular age gate check?

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

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Post by swiley »

mvanbaak wrote: post #138
tpxl wrote: post #112

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I set my age to about 3 months old in Skype and got locked out. They need my CC to verify my age because of COPA (child online protection act in the US) or something.

Skype is not Apple though

Anything on an iphone is Apple. They dictate content, UI design, architecture and moderation policy for all the apps on the device.

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

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Post by pitaj »

JI00912 wrote: post #194
pitaj wrote: post #115

Earlier quoted context omitted.

...only in some jurisdictions where it's required by law.

It's not required in my country and I get the checks. This has nothing to do with legislation.

I can't confirm without knowing what country you live in. I understand essentially the whole EU requires this, and the US is one example where the checks aren't required.

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

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Post by sbarre »

JI00912 wrote: post #196
Aerroon wrote: post #180

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But the age restriction is due to EU regulation. It's only a matter of time until it filters elsewhere. Switching from YouTube isn't going to make a difference.

Any source for that? A few people have claimed legislation to be a reason but I'm not aware of any such rules. Actually I'd be very, very surprised if this was even in the jurisdiction of the EU.

It's literally discussed and linked at the top of this thread.

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

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Post by vkou »

jeroenhd wrote: post #43
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!

AFAIK the age restriction credit card thing (inside the EU) is the result of some stupid law change (the Audiovisual Media Services Directive). Google probably doesn't want to validate users' age (because selling ads to impressionable kids is very lucrative) but they have to now.

Selling ads for non-kids stuff to impressionable kids is the opposite of lucrative. Advertisers generally don't want to waste their money on advertising to people who aren't buying.

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

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Post by hedora »

Gmail recently started prompting saying they need a birthday to “comply with the law”, and that they’ll share it / use it for whatever unless you opt out in account settings.

Under account settings, it only lets you opt out of publishing your birthday to your contacts. There’s no opt out for marketing / sharing it with their business partners, etc.

Scumbags.

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

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Post by m463 »

pavel_lishin wrote: post #197
m463 wrote: post #183

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A friend of mine had trouble with his young kid - he used a youtube video to walk himself through getting a credit card with grandma's birthday money. (I assume the prepaid cards you can get in the grocery store) They found out when they found a nintendo portable full of games in his closet. He was about 12.

How did everything end up shaking out? Were the parents on the hook for the credit card bill, or was the credit card company on the hook for issuing a card to Santos L. Helpar?

I think it was a prepaid card.
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