YouTube homepage no longer showing any video but just a search bar

[winxmac]

Is it a bug or a feature? Previously, only logged in users who do not want to enable watch history will just get a search bar and no video displayed but now it seems that visiting the YouTube website without logging in [or not logged in and using private browsing] also just gets a search bar without any video displayed...

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The above text is what now shows on the YouTube homepage... It could be an unannounced YouTube change or just a trial/testing...

 

[Boyd01]

Not seeing this on my Mac (still running Safari 15 on Monterey). Here's a thumbnail of what I see without logging in. What operating system and browser are you using? Are you using iClould private relay? I am not.

 

[winxmac]

Firefox ESR 115.3.1 on Windows 10

I have not tried on a Mac... I'm working on having it dual boot with Windows...

 

[Boyd01]

Don't have Firefox installed, but it works fine without logging in with MS Edge in a Windows 10 VM for me.

It also works fine in FireFox on the Mac without logging in. Seems like something specific to your setup and not a change to Youtube.

Putting on my moderator hat for a moment... moving this thread to a more appropriate forum, since it's not about Apple. A re-direct will remain in the original forum however.

 

[carylee2002]

Is your javascript turned off on Firefox?