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Just straight refuses to load. Works fine when I turn uBlock off.

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[–] Vingst@hexbear.net 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Click on your Ublock Origin icon to open the menu then go to the "report an issue" icon. From there, it'll send you to a page where you can update the filter list.

[–] Aryuproudomenowdaddy@hexbear.net 9 points 8 months ago

I removed and reinstalled uBlock and that did the trick.

[–] someone@hexbear.net 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I do get it for a few seconds (Firefox 122 and ublock on), then it goes all black and I get a message about my watch history being off. Videos themselves play fine. I consider it a win-win-win. Site still works, I don't get ads, and I don't have to see Generic Influencer Overly Dramatic Thumbnail ad nauseum.

[–] Aryuproudomenowdaddy@hexbear.net 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I experienced it like last week and it did go back to working after several hours but it doesn't matter how long I let the page sit it just never loads.

[–] someone@hexbear.net 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Maybe some A/B testing going on? Google loves to do that with live services.

[–] P1d40n3@hexbear.net 3 points 8 months ago

In my experience, a/b testing is pretty much standard in the tech industry.

[–] YuccaMan@hexbear.net 6 points 8 months ago

Not yet, but I'm sure most of us will at some point

[–] redsteel@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 8 months ago

Never seen that on my Firefox install with uBO, I'm only getting that passive-aggressive 3-second delay (which is definitely not intentional...) on every video page load since the war on adblockers started.

Related, the "free with ads" section under "Movies & TV" on the left column is completely broken for me, it's just a blank white page on Firefox with or w/o uBlock Origin active for at least three months now whether logged in or not, in regular and private browsing mode. And now it's broken on unmodified Edge too (was working until a few weeks ago, was copying & pasting the movie links into Firefox). I used it all the time when looking for something to run in the background since like 2019, checked it every week or three when new titles got rotated into the catalog.

The page in question is here if anyone wants to try it.

Goog just doing what Goog does best. Breaking shit, never fixing the shit they broke, and generally chipping away at the dwindling good will and user experience they've held onto for some years now.

[–] JohnBrownsBussy2@hexbear.net 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Works fine for me. What browser are you using?

[–] smokeppb@hexbear.net 4 points 8 months ago

Nope, loads fine for me

[–] CannotSleep420@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 8 months ago

No, but I'm not logged into youtube.