YouTube expands age verification to more users. Several users are reporting on Reddit seeing new restrictions being applied to their accounts.

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        The thing about sites like these is that they are augmented by other sites like YouTube or Imgur.

        If you live in the UK now, you won’t be able to open Imgur links, catbox rarely works and YouTube requires age verification.

        There are of course alternatives, but they’re barely used.

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    I swear to god Google I will delete my account and use a front end for every single time I see a video on your platform, so help me God.

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      A lot of creators I watch are YouTube exclusive with their content.

      If they were on Peertube, I’d delete YouTube in a heartbeat.

      But I also understand that a lot of them make their living off ad revenue, so I don’t blame them for staying.

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        Why commit to them instead of finding alternative creators on a different platform?

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          Fine. Name alternatives for what YouTube is mostly used for and I’ll be the first to take your advise.

          We are talking vlogs on huge amounts of topics, product reviews and unboxings, reaction videos, how-to tutorials, gaming videos (walkthroughs, live streams, etc.), ASMR and relaxation content, educational and explainer videos for science, history and finance… and so on.

          There’s simply no true alternative.

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              The above.

              My circle of family, friends and others will extend the list to music videos, health care (mental health and wellness, for example), the shorts, movie trailers, even Hallmark movies.

              There is no platform other than YouTube that combines all this crazy amount of content.

              There’s PeerTube with notoriously difficult onboarding for the average user and limited content, there’s Loops with extremely limited content… I really wish it were different.

              Maybe one day existing platforms will rise. Looking at you, VIMEO, Kick, DailyMotion, DTube…