Probably some vibe coding gone wrong.
this post was submitted on 18 Feb 2026
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Too many people trying to watch the banned Colbert / Talarico interview. Or incompetence. It could be incompetence.
Was wondering what was up. I can access my subscribed videos, but the home tab was unavailable.
Guess they went a little hard manipulating the algorithm
Or, maybe they're trying to kill adblockers so hard that they killed the whole homepage.
"Well if we can't block the adblockers, we'll just block EVERYBODY! No more Mr Beast for anyone!"
Ngl, I turned off my adblocker in a private window to see if that may have been the case. It was still fucked.
I see you also use Smart Tube
It worked on the normal YT ap well!
RSS, Grayjay and watching embedded were also still working.
Cheers for options. 🍻
Revanced was giving me buffering issues. I don't update often and just assumed that was it. Took the five minutes to do that, and it has been fine since.
The alt front-ends still work.
Oh this is why I didn't notice I guess
Search still works and I can view the videos & channels I've bookmarked.
RIP The Algorithm™
Oh, it wasn’t just me
I never notice something like this because it always seems to happen when I'm sleeping in the middle of the night.
Oh no.........anyway
YouTube has been bug riddled for the past year. What a joke
It's okay now.