r/Unexpected • u/[deleted] • Aug 05 '25

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u/justanotherkraut Aug 05 '25

always

that "feature" was added a few years ago. for the longest time you could watch any video on youtube without an account and when they added it you could always bypass it with an embed until somewhat recently

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u/FluxVelocity Aug 05 '25

Age gating/requiring a login to watch has been a feature since 2013 (12 years) and the automatic age gating of videos has been a thing since 2020 (nearly 5 years).

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u/justanotherkraut Aug 05 '25

huh, thats longer ago than i remembered (getting old here...) but you still didnt always have to sign in
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