Description of the issue: Certain YouTube elements like Bookmarks and comment replies won’t open. The “Save“ button under videos doesn’t respond when i click it. As for comment replies, when i click the button to show the replies, the button simply disappears instead of showing the comment replies.
Exact URL of the website in question: Youtube.com
Did the issue present with default Shields settings? (yes/no)
Yes.
Does the site function as expected when Shields are turned off?
Yes, but then i was forced to watch ads.
Is there a specific Shields configuration that causes the site to break? If so, tell us that configuration. (yes/no): Yes, i think it’s “Block trackers & ads“. The issue disappears when i set it to “Allow all trackers & ads“.
Does the site work as expected when using Chrome?
Yes, i haven’t met any of these issues on Chrome, even when i use extensions like Adblock Plus and uBlock Origin Lite.
Brave version (check About Brave): Brave 1.86.142 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Chromium: 144.0.7559.97
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I’m using windows 10 Pro 22H2. The only extension i have active on Brave is “KellyC Show YouTube Dislikes”. But the issue persists even after disabling this extension.
While I cannot reproduce the Save button issue, I can however confirm the Comment Replies not working and going poof when attempting to expand comments.
Can confirm the problem on Linux Mint Mate 22.3. Seems to be something nasty from YT. Comments etc are also block, when Brave Shields are down and uBlock origin up and running. Disabling both gives comments back.
A fix will be out within the hour
This is back to not working unfortunately. The fix did work, for 2-days, then came back sometime 12ish hours ago I think.
But here’s the kicker, it’s at least for me, video specific. For example, on this video, I can expand comments as you see:
(Video URL if needed:
https://youtu.be/oaw1b5iEBIQ)
But, other locations such as here? No dice, won’t load.
Like here on a ThioJoe post (not a video): https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxWFF1exP0VBqcogox6wcS3q_tOqS5YlSo
Watch, there’s replies? But won’t load.
Before:
After clicking “1 reply” to expand:
So, it’s semi-working in some locations, but not everywhere. And yea, like I said it was working for 2-days.
I think Google is messing with us at this point. How can the two locations be so different?
That’s odd. YouTube is still working normally for me on Brave after the fix. Yet again, i wouldn’t be surprised if Google-based platforms had basically become spaghetti code at this point.
