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YouTube will start using your view history to guess if you're an adult
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this post was submitted on 29 Jul 2025
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Why does YouTube need to know how old I am, explicit content isn't allowed on the platform so the age of the viewer isn't something they need to know.
Because they need to know who to target ads for gutter cleaning systems and fat man t-shirts.
Oh right yt has ads. I keep forgetting.