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    From Lawrence D'Oliveiro@ldo@nz.invalid to alt.comp.software.firefox on Wed Jul 30 23:29:24 2025
    From Newsgroup: alt.comp.software.firefox

    I like to use private-browsing mode when visiting certain dubious sites.

    When I try this on YouTube, lately IrCOve been getting rCLVideo UnavailablerCY.
    I see a brief flash of the actual video thumbnail, before it disappears
    and is replaced by this message.

    However, I can still use a YouTube downloader to grab the video and play
    it locally. So the block is not related to my IP address.

    Anybody else seen something like this?
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  • From Adam H. Kerman@ahk@chinet.com to alt.comp.software.firefox on Thu Jul 31 00:50:02 2025
    From Newsgroup: alt.comp.software.firefox

    Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

    I like to use private-browsing mode when visiting certain dubious sites.

    For the 5,238th time, that DOES NOT hide identifying information about
    you. It does a few things, mainly not saving history and cookies. Also,
    you specifically authorize add ons in private browsing made.

    You may have authorized NoScript in private browsing mode and not
    allowing a specific necessary script to run.

    When I try this on YouTube, lately I've been getting "Video Unavailable".
    I see a brief flash of the actual video thumbnail, before it disappears
    and is replaced by this message.

    However, I can still use a YouTube downloader to grab the video and play
    it locally. So the block is not related to my IP address.

    Anybody else seen something like this?

    I would reload the page with SHIFT-CTRL-R.
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