Last week I tried to watch the "Shut the Fuck Up PSA" from the National Lawyers Guild, and it was age blocked. I did try to log in, but now you have to VERIFY your age too (obviously I clicked off that shit).
But honestly, alternative frontends like Freetube and yt-dlp might not make the cut anymore:
Mpv crashed, and Invidious instances keep saying "video may not be age appropriate"
Edit: My state is soon to perform age verification on social media sites, so this is probably the cause. I'll just have to VPN to other states or countries until VPNs fail/are blocked.
they did that too me too, on one of my many google accounts…
all of the other ones are fine, and i can still watch age restricted content while signed out….
but the one account, that one just neeeds to be verified.
this in california usa… its not about age verification laws, it’s about identifying dissenters