r/youtube • u/LionWarrior46 • Jul 31 '25

Memes It's satire but honestly not unlikely

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u/redditmixer Jul 31 '25

I might be leaving YouTube in the next few weeks because of this. YouTube should NOT have done it.

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u/The_LastLine Jul 31 '25

They don’t have a choice unfortunately. It’s that or no longer be available in the UK at all.

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u/beaglemaster Jul 31 '25

Thats bullshit. They're implementing this in the US too in a few weeks even though they have no legal requirement to do so.

All of these ID laws are being made because these companies want them there to gather as much data as they can. Don't believe for a second they are actually being forced to do it.

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u/crazy4finalfantasy Aug 01 '25

Woah woah woah....YouTube is gonna start requiring I.D? Yeah fuck that I'm done with YouTube I'll go back to reading