youtube usually rolls out “features” only for a smaller subset of users a time (to limit service disruptions and backlash), just because you are not affected yet does not mean that it will not affect you soonish

because guillotines are not legal everywhere

The problem stays the same, why should the answer change?

because chromium introduced a newer addon system that restricts what addons can do… effectively forcing adblockers to do a lot more work to keep functioning, with some features being impossible now

https://blog.adblockplus.org/blog/how-adblock-plus-is-getting-ready-for-manifest-v3

yep… it is meant as hyperbole

age verification made easy:

user has internet access -> contracts can only be made by adults -> thus age is verified…

also… whoever provides minors internet access goes to jail