YT now requires age verification to watch, wait for it, an AVGN season!

[Marc_LFD]

What the hell this ain't right and it saddens me because it shows YT is getting worse and the only way for James Rolfe to get around that is by censoring his videos.

I love watching these old seasons in the background as they're entertaining, but Google/YT is ruining with censorship. Totally unnecessary!

 

[HiradeGirl]

While I agree with you, I also understand why that video specifically is age rated for adults.

If you know AVGN, you know there's so much swearing sometimes.

They want to prevent being sued for that or something. "Parents" nowadays try to sue for stupid things, and just because they let YouTube the parenting work instead of doing it temselves.

 

[SylverReZ]

What the hell this ain't right and it saddens me because it shows YT is getting worse and the only way for James Rolfe to get around that is by censoring his videos.

I love watching these old seasons in the background as they're entertaining, but Google/YT is ruining with censorship. Totally unnecessary!

https://github.com/zerodytrash/Simple-YouTube-Age-Restriction-Bypass
You can bypass this with a Tampermonkey extension.

 

[tech3475]

While I agree with you, I also understand why that video specifically is age rated for adults.

If you know AVGN, you know there's so much swearing sometimes.

They want to prevent being sued for that or something. "Parents" nowadays try to sue for stupid things, and just because they let YouTube the parenting work instead of doing it temselves.

You're forgetting advertisers, remember the adpocalypses caused by 'controversial' content.

Google is trying more and more to make YouTube and adverts in general more profitable, hence things like pushing premium and things like manifest v3 trying to kill off adblockers.

There may also be other factors outside of Google's (direct) control, IIRC there was some US law which means that certain restrictions are meant to be in place to 'think of the children' when it comes to 'mature' content, so that could be playing a part in this.

 

[Ondrashek06]

At the very least, you still can unlock the videos by just inserting your credit card information. If you ever purchased something on Android, Google already has your card, you just re-insert it.

 

[SylverReZ]

At the very least, you still can unlock the videos by just inserting your credit card information. If you ever purchased something on Android, Google already has your card, you just re-insert it.

Haha, who wouldn't want to send their credit card details to them (no-one), Google does not have the right to spy on anyone. Its very easy to bypass this restriction like I linked above.

 

[Marc_LFD]

At the very least, you still can unlock the videos by just inserting your credit card information. If you ever purchased something on Android, Google already has your card, you just re-insert it.

Haha, yeah.

I thought age verification was only for violent/gory videos, but that's not the case here.

 

[Xdqwerty]

Wasnt it already like that?

 

[Ondrashek06]

Haha, who wouldn't want to send their credit card details to them (no-one), Google does not have the right to spy on anyone. Its very easy to bypass this restriction like I linked above.

As I said, that's only for the people that already use their card services like Android Pay or have ever purchased something on Google Play. If you haven't given them their card already, don't. Use the bypasses instead.

 

[Marc_LFD]

Wasnt it already like that?

Hadn't seen that verification for this specific video. That's just unfair for James Rolfe.

 

[Clydefrosch]

While I agree with you, I also understand why that video specifically is age rated for adults.

If you know AVGN, you know there's so much swearing sometimes.

They want to prevent being sued for that or something. "Parents" nowadays try to sue for stupid things, and just because they let YouTube the parenting work instead of doing it temselves.

nah its not because of parents its because of advertisers.

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Hadn't seen that verification for this specific video. That's just unfair for James Rolfe.

i mean, i'm sure the man is set up for life, that's why you dont see him making videos every week.

 

[Xdqwerty]

nah its not because of parents its because of advertisers.

It's bc of both

 

[Marc_LFD]

nah its not because of parents its because of advertisers.

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i mean, i'm sure the man is set up for life, that's why you dont see him making videos every week.

He is even if he retires his AVGN character.

 

[Chary]

I remember seeing an AVGN video for the first time when I was like, 10, and I was so scandalized by his intro theme, let alone the rest of the content. But I also really loved watching his stuff as a kid. I hate YouTube's weird fascination with making everything perfectly marketably rigid to however they feel that week, but at the same time, I'm not surprised that they'd age-gate his stuff. It's definitely not kid-friendly

 

[SylverReZ]

I remember seeing an AVGN video for the first time when I was like, 10, and I was so scandalized by his intro theme, let alone the rest of the content. But I also really loved watching his stuff as a kid. I hate YouTube's weird fascination with making everything perfectly marketably rigid to however they feel that week, but at the same time, I'm not surprised that they'd age-gate his stuff. It's definitely not kid-friendly

I watched his videos when I was 10. Was quite fun to watch until his content was pretty tame.

 

[Xdqwerty]

I watched his videos when I was 10. Was quite fun to watch until his content was pretty tame.

Atleast some of his recent videos are good, specially the one where he Beats Jekyll and Hyde

 

[SylverReZ]

Atleast some of his recent videos are good, specially the one where he Beats Jekyll and Hyde

 

[Xdqwerty]

I just realized that hyde's sprite looks similar to Simón Belmont 's sprite in the first 2 Castlevania games

 

[SylverReZ]

I just realized that hyde's sprite looks similar to Simón Belmont 's sprite in the first 2 Castlevania games

That's because it is.

 

[Flame]

I watched his videos when I was 10. Was quite fun to watch until his content was pretty tame.

So, you found out about AVGN this year?

;O;