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Yes, I should have added and verified your age. But none of that is a youtube-dl matter, there is no magic video download link hidden in the page source.

• jupp0r 5y ago
  Of course this is a youtube-dl matter. It could easily circumvent this by pretending to embed the video.
  • DoingIsLearning 5y ago
    No I've also had age restricted embedded links throw an error with something like "this video cannot be played here" and linking to non embedded player link.
  • gruez 5y ago
    >It could easily circumvent this by pretending to embed the video. It doesn't work. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27354599 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27354599
    • jupp0r 5y ago
      It doesn't work anymore. It did when I wrote the above comment. Thanks for downvoting.