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I'm in the EU and many youtube videos show up as age restricted for me. The existing normal workarounds for this (nsfwtube, vlc, mpv, send google random id imag
by everyone 5y ago
I'm in the EU and many youtube videos show up as age restricted for me. The existing normal workarounds for this (nsfwtube, vlc, mpv, send google random id image) dont seem to work for me anymore here. I was left with 2 options.
1. Give google my real id (which I will never do in a million years)
2. Download each video in its entirety using youtube downloader site, then watch it, which is inconvenient.
I ended up building a simple desktop program that can stream youtube videos while also bypassing the age thing.
- moneywoes 5y agoHow did you go about building that?
- everyone 5y agoSorry, I dont wanna say in public in case youtube also close off this loophole.
- gundmc 5y agoNormally using the embedded video URL bypasses age restrictions. Did the new EU law change that?
- everyone 5y agoapparently yes. Age restricted videos cant be embedded. you just get a black box saying to watch on youtube.
- Y_Y 5y agoMy Google account will be 18 in about six months. I have a crazy dream that they'll remove my age restriction then. Never mind that I've got things like paid GCP on that account. It's bizzare though, that it could be required (legally) for me to send some company a copy of my idea to see e.g. acrime documentary.