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walkingman

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5. From what I am hearing it is YouTube trying to harass adblock users (or other similar apps)

Reply to DinahMoeHum (Reply #4)

Sat Feb 14, 2026, 10:36 PM

Feb 14

They don't like people blocking their ads. Supposedly, if you turn the ad blocker on and then off you can see comments. It has happened to me yet so I am not sure. It has happened in the past but goes away in a short period of time.

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A YouTube issue. . . [View all] DinahMoeHum Feb 14 OP

Does your mouse pointer change from a arrow (standard) to a hand (standard) when walkingman Feb 14 #1

Did the F5, it works. DinahMoeHum Feb 14 #2

F5 is basically a soft refresh (loads the page from cache)...like maybe the page didn't completely walkingman Feb 14 #3

One more question. . . DinahMoeHum Feb 14 #4

From what I am hearing it is YouTube trying to harass adblock users (or other similar apps) walkingman Feb 14 #5

Turned off the Adblocker. . . DinahMoeHum Feb 14 #6