YouTube starts to require a credit card or ID to verify the age in EU (2020)

Re:YouTube starts to require a credit card or ID to verify t... by dtx1 on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @10:45AM (#28380483)

Vote with your wallet! Don't buy iToddler Devices, instead go for custom rom'ed Android devices. Don't pay for Shitflix and co just buy a VPN and torrent stuff. I can't get my mom to do this but almost everyone on this website has the technical capability to do it. If they don't want your buisness don't give it too them.

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Re:YouTube starts to require a credit card or ID to verify t... by raxxorrax on Thursday September 02, 2021 @08:13AM (#28391116)

I think a clean rom is worth much already. Sadly Android One isn't too popular.

My name is Mr. Plant. Egg Plant. I am quite slim though, but I will always use burner accounts for Google services.

That said, I also don't use GPS/Bluetooth. My carrier probably doesn't talk to Google.

Sure, there is still data that gets leaked if you aren't careful, but you can contain much of it.

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Re:YouTube starts to require a credit card or ID to verify t... by fsflover on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @11:46AM (#28381286)

> instead go for custom rom'ed Android devices

Those are very restrictive, too. Consider GNU/Linux smartphones instead, Librem 5 and Pinephone.

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Re:YouTube starts to require a credit card or ID to verify t... by dtx1 on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @11:59AM (#28381483)

The day they become usable in any serious way i will gladly jump ship from Graphene OS to a real Linux OS. Looking forward to it in 2093.

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Re:YouTube starts to require a credit card or ID to verify t... by fsflover on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @01:00PM (#28382478)

Using Pinephone as my daily driver right now. It depends on your needs.

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Re:YouTube starts to require a credit card or ID to verify t... by cblconfederate on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @12:07PM (#28381630)

Use any device on the web. apps are digital chains

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Re:YouTube starts to require a credit card or ID to verify t... by dtx1 on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @12:08PM (#28381648)

browsers are apps. everything is a chain.

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Re:YouTube starts to require a credit card or ID to verify t... by cblconfederate on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @12:10PM (#28381674)

you can find your web app in any other phone/tablet/laptop/desktop/tv though, it s not tied to a brand or to your credit card, and crucially competition is not regulated by 2 gatekeepers.

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Re:YouTube starts to require a credit card or ID to verify t... by dtx1 on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @12:13PM (#28381731)

I'd rather trust FOSS Apps on Android then the random unpatched spyware infested browser on a smart TV. And given how firefox is dying a slow death at the hands of overpaid Mozilla CEOs there already practically is much less competition in the Browser space than the mobile space.

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Re:YouTube starts to require a credit card or ID to verify t... by selfhoster11 on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @12:17PM (#28381810)

They are closer to operating systems in practice.

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