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=== Anti-privacy === | === Anti-privacy === | ||
==== Forced sign-in (''2025'') ====<!-- Needs citations and a firmer date. -Sojourna --> | ====Forced sign-in (''2025'') ====<!-- Needs citations and a firmer date. -Sojourna --> | ||
Since 2025, the Android app and the web-app sometimes [[Forced account|require users to login]] to their Google accounts to "confirm you're not a bot".{{Citation needed}} They could require solving a [[CAPTCHA]], but they don't do that. This, paired with [[Google#Phone number requirement for new accounts|Google's phone-number requirement]], makes it impossible for users to share a single "guest" account, as is typically the case for families sharing a smart TV. | Since 2025, the Android app and the web-app sometimes [[Forced account|require users to login]] to their Google accounts to "confirm you're not a bot".{{Citation needed}} They could require solving a [[CAPTCHA]], but they don't do that. This, paired with [[Google#Phone number requirement for new accounts|Google's phone-number requirement]], makes it impossible for users to share a single "guest" account, as is typically the case for families sharing a smart TV. | ||
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File:YouTube forced sign-in 1.jpg|An example video that can normally be viewed on the guest account. | |||
File:YouTube forced sign-in 2.jpg|The message that appears upon attempting to watch it. | |||
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==== Restricting users that don't share their personal information (''July 2025'') ==== | ==== Restricting users that don't share their personal information (''July 2025'') ==== | ||