If you live in the EU, I believe that YouTube is forced under law to ask for your credit card number as part of verifying your age. Thank your country's lawmakers and the Audiovisual Media Services Directive.
> ...ask for your credit card number as part of verifying your age.
and verifying that your financial/documentation circumstances permit you to qualify for a credit card in the first place, too. Nice way to gatekeep out the "undesirable underprivileged" user base not worth marketing to...
