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I read the agreement for ID.me and it’s atrocious. It requires that I “voluntarily” waive civil rights. I don’t want to use the service.

There is no other way to log into IRS.gov.

You can’t watch YouTube without a Google account.

You can’t be in the parent group chat without agreeing to the Meta TOS for WhatsApp.

The list goes on.

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"You can’t watch YouTube without a Google account"

you cant??? I reinstall my dekstop the other day, it let me view without login the problem is recommendation tab/service is empty because there is no history so it cant recommend something, hence you assume that you couldn't view videos

If you use VPN then you'll get a login screen instead of the video content.

This doesn't align with my experience.

I routinely watch YouTube in private, not signed in, and only open a video in a normal, signed in window if I want it preserved in my history.

Which civil rights?

And regardless, courts have previously ruled that you can't waive your civil rights in a contract.

Previously. Not the current SCOTUS, of course.

How does that hold up for arbitration clauses?

What civil right is being violated? The sixth amendment only applies in criminal matters.

The seventh amendment is right to a jury trial in civil matters.

The law gives people the right to use arbitration.

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