I’ve been having some weird issues over the last few days with not being able to search for things in YouTube when I’m logged in via SmartTube account.

So I decided to try accessing it directly. Well guess what? It looks like YouTube now requires age verification in AU.

Sorry Google… I’m not uploading my passport, drivers licence or govt id to watch your shit. I am however now very incentivized to use Tube archivist and Jellyfin, plus cron job to scrape your shit with gleeful abandon.

EDIT: Rather than removed about it, I did something and made Smarttube work without a google account. If that floats your boat, have at it

  • LordCrom@lemmy.world
    261·
    12 hours ago

    Use a VPN with an exit node in Albania. Youtube cannot force a signin or ads due to Albanian laws.

    I use it daily. Try it. It works

    • Sʏʟᴇɴᴄᴇ@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      3·
      4 hours ago

      I did this one day just because Albania was the first country that showed up alphabetically after the exit node in my home country started requiring age verification in many places. Always thought it was dumb luck, not because of anything specific about Albania, TIL. Based 🇦🇱