TheSystemGuy1337
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10 months ago This would defeat the whole point of bringing back 2009 YouTube. YouTube was a wild west and not a highly restrictive, communist like platform that it is today (and is the same reason YouTube age-restricted classics like Big Bill Hells and Tonettes Guy despite both being fine for over a decade along with jamming downloader programs even if they were being used legitimately and legally under fair use provisions for private non-commercial use in the home).
However, asking for date-of-birth on some videos that are marked as mature will be adequate, but would also detract from it being an accurate version of 2009 YouTube. There's no point in adding either; they defeat the whole point of an accurate recreation of 2009 YouTube.
If you're that concerned; fork it and add an age-gate/DOB check yourself. There are many APIs that you can use to implement an age-gate/date-of-birth check. YouTube was never for those under thirteen and says so in their Terms of Service that nobody reads (much like EULAs). Also, "protect the children" is only an excuse to implement abusive systems that don't work or hardly work at all at the expense of law-abiding citizens.
We want the kids safe Video of safety mode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_JqoHIPj-o