Now I've not needed an account to watch videos. But since latest update, it's now necessary? Does anyone who watches without an account get this? Hopefully I'm posting in right place!

Just make an account bro takes like 2 seconds to make one and if you don’t feel comfortable using your phone number or real email address just make a fake one and use that it’s better to have an account on TikTok than to not have one

If you are UK based it's so they know who you are and how old you are.