• NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip
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    2 months ago

    No, not age restricted.

    Happens most frequently with using any VPN, which we use all the time at work and I often use at home or while traveling.

    But sometimes it just does it without.

    I think most people are signed into their gmail account or have been recently so the cookie is set. It’s crazy when you don’t have one how hard Google pushes you.

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      2 months ago

      YouTube doesn’t force you to sign in unless the content you’re trying to watch is 18+. That’s just how it works. Your IP address makes no difference.

      I’m not signed in to YouTube. Ever. On any device. I have never been forced to sign in to watch anything that wasn’t age restricted.

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        2 months ago

        How should I prove this to you then? You are wrong, it is not just age content.

        I could make a short video, or screen capture, but that’s more effort than it’s worth.

        I am telling you, this happens all the damn time and it’s getting annoying.

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          1 month ago

          Find a video that asks you to sign in that isn’t 18+ or private.

          I could make a short video, or screen capture, but that’s more effort than it’s worth.

          That’s really zero effort since it “happens all the damn time”

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              1 month ago

              I tell people things that what they’re saying is wrong when it is wrong.

              All you had to say was that it thinks you’re a bot, and then this whole thing could have been avoided. Which vpn are you using?

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                1 month ago

                All of this? What is this? Not believing people when they tell you something?

                And the most interesting part, like I said, was that it doesn’t bother when it is google docs. So what is google protecting exactly? That is the main point.

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                  1 month ago

                  YouTube pays people by the amount of views they get on their videos. It thinks you’re a bot used to farm views. The fact that you always nope out when it asks you to prove your not a bot makes them think you definitely are a bot.

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                    1 month ago

                    Uh huh. And my only option is to sign in. It doesnt think I am a bot, it just wants to harvest more information and track me.

                    Youtube can go fuck themselves.

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                  1 month ago

                  It’s not my bad. You didn’t say you were being asked to sign in because of your suspicious activity lol. That changes everything.