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I had this happen with the old "Ah fuck, I can't believe you've done this" video.

I'm not sure why exactly that has an age restriction, or why I'd give Google some ID to watch a vintage Youtube meme. I presume it's because their ML detected 'fuck' in the audio.

Note to Google: Ah fuck, I can't believe you've done this.

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This encapsulates my feelings perfectly. My Gmail account is 17 years old, but I get a notification on my phone every hour or so, that I must verify my age with Google. Nevermind that I've bought plenty of things from them over the years and that all I want to do is watch a YouTube video they happily showed me many times before.

Now I'm shopping for some storage to keep seventeen years of emails etc. so I can do a quick Takeout so that I don't lose access to all my data when I inevitably get unfriended and blocked by them for not being sufficiently compliant.

Hearing the funny man say fuck now requires ID, wonderful.

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