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Is there something wrong with creating an account with fake info that you use just to watch YouTube?
Yes. For one, Google requires phone verification to create an account, and two, you would be giving Google a link to one specific account for every video you watch.
Not for everyone everywhere apparently. It seems dependent on some secret trust algorithm of your IP/fingerprint/something.
I made the same claim before and every time, people proved me wrong.
Basically if they can't link your account to a gmail or something where they know who you are, they will force you to add a phone number so that they know who you are.
The reason they have this service is to build a profile on you and sell that. They will not let you use the platform anonymously, hence the phone number requirement when they can't figure out who you are by your fingerprint.
Privacy conscious users with their addons/settings, most likely they will.
Just made a dummy account and it only asked for a phone number as a recovery method but happily let me skip it. Full 15gb of storage as well.
Interesting. Maybe it's because I'm using a VPN and a privacy-oriented web browser to mitigate fingerprinting.
Yes, privacy