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Re:YouTube starts to require a credit card or ID to verify t... by donatzsky on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @10:12AM (#28380058)
It doesn't seem to work for everyone, but YouTube-dl should be able to download age-restricted videos, if you supply it with some fresh cookies.
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Re:YouTube starts to require a credit card or ID to verify t... by dspillett on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @10:43AM (#28380449)
Surely if the cookies are the answer you need to first give over the ID to get the right values in your cookies for youtube-dl to use, so you are not circumventing handing your ID to Google.
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Re:YouTube starts to require a credit card or ID to verify t... by Mindwipe on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @12:18PM (#28381816)
Correct.
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