YouTube AI Age Verification: What it is & how to turn it off. | Tuta
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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TL:DR, you can’t. Use it logged out or use a VPN server from a country where they don’t do it (yet).
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?
Use Individous.
Or, yt-dlp + mpv.
Or, the hidden RSS feeds.
Or, PipePipe on mobile.
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.
Huh.
It all work for me.
"what it is" -- Bro, I think you didn't exactly bury the lede with this one.