Comment by frollogaston
5 days ago
I've noticed more websites wanting you to log in. Most surprising is how YouTube won't let me watch anything otherwise. Idk if related.
5 days ago
I've noticed more websites wanting you to log in. Most surprising is how YouTube won't let me watch anything otherwise. Idk if related.
In case of YT it is likely a mix of multiple reasons. They stop playlists on this screen: https://www.hollyland.com/blog/tips/why-does-this-the-follow... . Apparently music is no longer advertiser friendly. Detecting ad-click fraud is easier when users are at least pseudo-anonymous. Warnings about "ban for using adblock" is also not very effective when people could watch video in new private window.
I have no idea, but I noticed that you have to login to GitHub first before you could view any page. Surely it has nothing to do with adult content, right? I think it has to do with LLMs / bots.
And if the website contains erotic content (like YouTube), they are supposed to lock you and verify your ID. This is why all erotic content is getting filtered on X.
Wait, Twitter is following the law now? I thought Elon was a free speech absolutist who only banned things that were inconvenient to him?
Soon after he bought Twitter, it got changed to requiring login to do anything at all. Even before that, Twitter was super eager to ban new accounts for no reason, while old ones seemed to be grandfathered in.
This coincided with tech companies broadly moving to profit-taking over growth. Even before LLMs took off, everything started locking down. Making a Google account used to take nothing, now you need a phone number. It'd be wise to sign up for possibly useful free accounts while you still can.
You can't even read a tweet without logging in. Additionally, recently I have noticed I cannot view anything on GitHub without logging in first. Why do I need to log in to GitHub first to view anything on it? I am sure it has nothing to do with adult content. Perhaps it has to do with bots?
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X is weaponising it by asking for adult verification for things that don't need it and saying "oh we are forced to do this" because it angers the Reform-voting meatheads who will be voting for the candidates Musk is going to find a way to bankroll in 2030, even -- I would guess -- if it means breaking UK election law to do it.
He is intent on meddling in UK politics.
In the UK maybe
And in Texas, which has ~half the population of the UK, and in several other US states.
(And if not, because US firms don't take compliance with outlying state law seriously)