I feel like The Onion should host their own PeerTube instance, just for the sake of using an incredibly cheeky domain name like ifuckinghatewatching.video or something cooler like onion.mexia or something
YouTube age gating an Onion video
Submitted 4 weeks ago by Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/pictrs/image/7eae92b8-d88e-4fe4-83ce-6ecaea171103.webp
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mosscap@slrpnk.net 4 weeks ago
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
why not just tetrahedron.global?
vfsh@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 weeks ago
They should also have a Tor domain too, imagine cuandi2nfh81i4juqknsk18the.onion or something lol
Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Infowars.video xD
transientpunk@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Sony is finally going to release me!? Freedom!!!
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
mechoman444@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
To be fair there is quite a bit of swearing in the video.
I can see how they wouldn’t want it plastered on other websites that wouldn’t warn about the foul language.
TheSealStartedIt@feddit.org 4 weeks ago
Yeah… understandable. What really grinds my gears is that the whole world has to submit to these very American rules. The rest of the world doesn’t believe you need to be an adult for swear words or a nipple, but we have to accept it.
OccamsRazer@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
There are still cultural norms where you live. Probably even some that would be offensive in your country but not in the United States.
glimse@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Well…the title
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
Yeah, because “bad” language is SO harmful to anyone under 18 and can’t be freely found fucking everywhere that’s not patrolled by conservative nincompoops 🙄
JoShmoe@ani.social 4 weeks ago
The fuck it is!
01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 4 weeks ago
nincompoops
This, alone, deserves an updoot lol one of the best, most destructive insults imo
daggermoon@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Faŝistoj
Allero@lemmy.today 4 weeks ago
Tfw I don’t have to know Esperanto
maniel@sopuli.xyz 4 weeks ago
You sure it’s YouTube that does this or the onion guys set a flag because of a profanity in the title?
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
Either way, it’s definitely YouTube that mandates annoying extra clicks to their frontend littered with ads and tracking cookies every time a video is age gated, which is the most infuriating part of this by far.
BossDj@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
I’ve always wondered: When companies decide they need to look good for investors, it means to be clean and non-controversial. Why is this? Are investors old and out of touch or something?
cybervseas@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
They have to look good to advertisers. And the megacorps of the world need to be sure their brands are not associated with anything “controversial” so they can appeal to as many Americans as possible.
JoShmoe@ani.social 4 weeks ago
I believe the consensus is that the most profitable target market are children and young teens.
psx_crab@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
Basically they want to reach as wide as possible, so they tend to clear out or lock any controversy content behind something, even to the point of being ball-less and/or pro-fascism.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Yes.
barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Investors tend to be extemely risk averse, so the slightest little thing might scare them off. Even if they decide to take the chance anyway, they still want it to be as clean as possible, to minimizing the risk.
Even the slightest improvement may increase the investment by millions, or even billions, of dollars, so it’s worth the trouble.
Iceman@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
First of all, who’s your AnR? A mountain climber that plays and electric gitarr? But eh don’t know the meaning of dope when he’s looking for suit 'n tie rap that cleaner than a bar of soap.