Comment by 🚀 stack
Re: "YouTube locked down on Android?"
I think that G. is trying to push users into software it can easily track, like YouTube app.
My thinking is that, when G. allows you to do something that seems to give you privacy, it is because they have some alternatives in how to track you.
Have you ever wondered why the only phone you can 'degoogle' is made by Google?
May 06 · 1 day ago
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👻 darkghost · May 06 at 11:49:
I mean you can deGoogle a lot of phones with things like Lineage OS. But you have to leave your bootloader unlocked which causes scary messages to appear at boot. With the Pixels you can relock the bootloader and get a *different* scary message at boot.
But yes, Reddit is doing the same thing and even locking down the mobile web page directing users towards the app. It's all about tracking ahead of these age verification laws going into effect. The law in Utah can be best summarized as "assume anybody accessing your service is from Utah and follow this specific age verification."
🚀 stack [OP] · May 06 at 12:37:
Ah, Utah. A relative became a Mormon and converted all the dead Jewish family members posthumously. Someday soon people will think everyone was a Mormon.
Likewise, everyone is or was a child, and needs retroactive protection.
Original Post
YouTube locked down on Android? — It may be me, but two Android devices I own, as of today, do not let me watch videos via GrayJay or via HTTP using waterfox. I get a request to log in (to avoid bots in one message, and 'to support our community' in another). I thought it was a global lockdown, but oddly, on a Linux box with waterfox I have no problems. Anyone experiencing this?