YouTube Australia just demanded a passport. The internet built its own door. The story is simple: Google rolled out mandatory age verification via government ID upload for Australian users. No ID, no YouTube. The backlash was instant — and technical. SmartTube (the privacy-friendly YouTube client for Android TV) pushed an update that works entirely without a Google account, importing subscriptions and playlists via Google Takeout ZIP. TubeArchivist deployments surged — self-hosted, searchable, o...