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Re:YouTube starts to require a credit card or ID to verify t... by AlexAltea on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @09:54AM (#28379826)
Then why wouldn't the owner change after verification? Maybe they should verify every day, just to be safe?

Such nonsense just ruins the Internet, maybe we should find better approaches than "yet another banner": accepting cookies, accepting privacy policy, verifying age, registering, logging-in, etc. all to watch some dumb 10 second video... Yet, porn and violence are to this day still a Google search away. So, what is YouTube exactly trying to stop here?

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Re:YouTube starts to require a credit card or ID to verify t... by utucuro on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @09:57AM (#28379882)
You mean every time a video is started as well as after every ad, right?
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Re:YouTube starts to require a credit card or ID to verify t... by im3w1l on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @10:13AM (#28380070)
And drinking a can of beer for the camera proves you are 18+ without revealing your identity. I think we have something here!
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