Watching Age-Restricted Videos

Post by gizmo686 » Thu, Nov 18, 2021, 3:47 PM UTC

boring_twenties wrote: post #8

veidr wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is creating a google account more arduous than before? I've created dozens of them (including for my kids, where I had to be less than truthful about their age), and I have never had to provide an — OMFG I HAD NOT EXPANDED THE "If you're in the EU..." LINK! :exploding_outraged_and_bewildered_head: OK, you are right, this is governance done wrong.

Isn't it technically against the terms of service to have multiple accounts? In which case, sure it might work for now, but at any point Google can decide to just lock you out of all of them.

Post by nobody9999 » Thu, Nov 18, 2021, 4:42 PM UTC

veidr wrote: post #3

raxxorrax wrote: post #2

Basically the EU is forcing me to create a Google account. For privacy reasons I don't use one to watch videos and I am certainly not providing an ID. So for European users non-compliant video platforms are preferable for any controversial content (Any platform will err on the side of caution when flagging content, as are users). This is governance done wrong. Severely wrong. Your 12 year olds will find a way to cont…

Is creating a google account more arduous than before? I've created dozens of them (including for my kids, where I had to be less than truthful about their age), and I have never had to provide an — OMFG I HAD NOT EXPANDED THE "If you're in the EU..." LINK! :exploding_outraged_and_bewildered_head: OK, you are right, this is governance done wrong.

Post by throwuxiytayq » Thu, Nov 18, 2021, 4:45 PM UTC

boring_twenties wrote: post #8

veidr wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is creating a google account more arduous than before? I've created dozens of them (including for my kids, where I had to be less than truthful about their age), and I have never had to provide an — OMFG I HAD NOT EXPANDED THE "If you're in the EU..." LINK! :exploding_outraged_and_bewildered_head: OK, you are right, this is governance done wrong.

Isn't it technically against the terms of service to have multiple accounts? In which case, sure it might work for now, but at any point Google can decide to just lock you out of all of them.

Post by joconde » Thu, Nov 18, 2021, 6:52 PM UTC

raxxorrax wrote: post #5

veidr wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is creating a google account more arduous than before? I've created dozens of them (including for my kids, where I had to be less than truthful about their age), and I have never had to provide an — OMFG I HAD NOT EXPANDED THE "If you're in the EU..." LINK! :exploding_outraged_and_bewildered_head: OK, you are right, this is governance done wrong.

I also like to not create an account because I enjoy non-profiled search. I dislike getting served the same mush over and over. But that is just a preference. But yeah, the real problem is that we got age filter no. 4523. There are alternative ways, but this should work for anyone currently affected: https://githubmemory.com/repo/zerodytrash/Simple-YouTube-Age... I think this implementation of the EU AVMSD forces use…

Post by hermes8329 » Thu, Nov 18, 2021, 7:06 PM UTC

addingnumbers wrote: post #12

raxxorrax wrote: post #2

Basically the EU is forcing me to create a Google account. For privacy reasons I don't use one to watch videos and I am certainly not providing an ID. So for European users non-compliant video platforms are preferable for any controversial content (Any platform will err on the side of caution when flagging content, as are users). This is governance done wrong. Severely wrong. Your 12 year olds will find a way to cont…

> Basically the EU is forcing me to create a Google account. When I see the age gate asking me to log in, I close the tab. How will the EU stop me from doing that?