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It's pretty infurating that I've had a Youtube account since 2006 (15 years ago), and now they're asking me whether i'm over 18. A basic calculation on their en
by slazaro 5y ago
It's pretty infurating that I've had a Youtube account since 2006 (15 years ago), and now they're asking me whether i'm over 18. A basic calculation on their end could filter the accounts based on age, given the TOS of when they were created (e.g. if the TOS specified that I must be over 13, a 2006 account would mean I'm at least 28, therefore automatically verified).
- eric__cartman 5y agoSo you didn't create your Google account at age 3? That's impossible!
- rolph 5y agothe 100th toddler theory: given enough time and sufficient numbers of toddlers chewing on keyboards one of them will out of chance alone create a google account
- eric__cartman 5y agowell I did somehow manage to screw up my dad's linux box like that so anything's possible. (although I suspect it was because I liked to be an asshole and shut his computer off using the power button)
- FranchuFranchu 5y agoWell, if a 3-year old toddler watches age-restricted videos on his mother's verified account, is that against child protection laws?
- forgotpwd16 5y agoThere's such clause in TOS and I think that's how it worked, unlike Twitter which locked out every account when they added the TOS clause for needing to be over 13 when the account was created.
- knodi123 5y ago> A basic calculation on their end could filter the accounts based on age, given the TOS of when they were created I assumed it was a legal requirement, and basic intuition and common sense aren't relevant. Much like the immigration form that says "Are you a terrorist".
- benhurmarcel 5y agoI literally pay a monthly subscription to Google and they still wanted me to pay $0 once to show that I had a card.