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.
I know why YTs have been censoring themselves, and I know that the video having “Fuck” in the title is the reason. But in the past Google would just give a warning, or simply use the age listed on your account (which yes, could be faked as I did in the past). None of that is new to me.
The issue now, is that they’re actually enforcing age checks, and you can’t get around them without giving up personal info to Google. I am legally an adult, but now I have to show ID or use a credit card to prove it. That’s the gross shit. I guess it’s mostly a vent post, since this is the first time I’ve literally been unable to watch a video.