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YouTube AI Age Verification: What it is & how to turn it off. | Tuta (tuta.com)

submitted 1 month ago by Blaze@piefed.zip to c/privacy@programming.dev

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Did YouTube ask you to verify your age with ID or credit card? You're not alone! YouTube AI is increasingly trying to estimate how old you are based on your habits following the global push for age verification.

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[–] kuroshido@ani.social 13 points 1 month ago

TL:DR, you can’t. Use it logged out or use a VPN server from a country where they don’t do it (yet).

[–] berty@feddit.org 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I already can't watch videos from time to time when YouTube says login to conform you're not a bot. Will this get worse with age verification?

[–] somerandomperson@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Use Individous.
Or, yt-dlp + mpv.
Or, the hidden RSS feeds.
Or, PipePipe on mobile.

[–] Naho_Zako@piefed.zip 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Actually, I was just about to post how you can't even use yt-dlp or alternative front ends, since I just tried that. Mpv crashes, Freetube comes up with a blank and mentioned age verification, and yt-dlp showed the same thing. Pipepipe probably won't work due to using invidious.

[–] somerandomperson@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

Huh.
It all work for me.