No. It’s false news. Just someone panicked looking for a cheap reason.
avatar@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
Didn’t age verification - also recently implemented - cause youtube views to drop?
Here’s a case of it very well explained.
Gladaed@feddit.org 4 weeks ago
ICastFist@programming.dev 4 weeks ago
It was the first thing most people assumed was the culprit, as it silently enabled Restricted Mode, but since the biggest difference came from Computer views, despite the age verification happening on all platforms, that is strong evidence against that having any impact
JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Not to mention most didn’t see a corresponding drop in revenue from views.