"You're not going to like the answer to this. If you want to solve comments and video descriptions disappearing on YouTube, the only current answer is to disable your ad blocker. You might wonder if privacy-focused browsers like Opera GX or Brave can circumvent this ban: the answer is... Mixed. I tested it myself on Brave, using its built-in ad blocker, and it was still working for me."
"Users report that once they turn off their ad-blocking extension, the comments and video descriptions come back. To me, this suggests a deliberate feature, rather than a bug. However, this change would be in line with the changes YouTube has made to ads in the past. We've had ad blocker pop-ups since 2023, and YouTube is hiding more features, like lyrics, background play and offline downloads behind a paywall."
Users report that YouTube is hiding comments and video descriptions when ad-blocking extensions are active, affecting regular and some YouTube Premium accounts. Disabling the ad blocker restores comments and descriptions, making turning off ad blocking the only current workaround. Tests on Brave’s built-in blocker and on Firefox in the UK have produced mixed results, with some setups still displaying content. The behavior and user reports suggest a deliberate enforcement by YouTube rather than a transient glitch. The move aligns with prior ad-related changes, including ad-blocker pop-ups since 2023 and moving features behind paywalls.
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