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raingart / Nova-YouTube-extension

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YouTube URLs being redirected #23

Closed alkaris2 closed 1 year ago

alkaris2 commented 1 year ago

I don't know what's going on with this extension but for some reason when installed as GreaseMonkey script, its taking typical YouTube URLs and redirecting to some other site called cinemaphile.com What is this and why are some YouTube videos being redirected to this site, and how do I turn it off from redirecting to this site? I don't know if this connected to either Theatre Mode or Video Unblocking, but this is super annoying it's redirecting away from YouTube like that where I can't just view the regular video page.

This happens to be on videos that have content warnings on them like 1 out of 4 videos will be redirected away from YouTube to this other site just to play the video. The videos with content warnings shouldn't be treated as blocked videos since YouTube still allows you to watch them once you've clicked the button acknowledging them.

raingart commented 1 year ago

disable the plugin "Try unblock if video not available in your country"

raingart commented 1 year ago

the essence of the plugin is that it redirects some video. Which probably (in your case, most likely erroneously) perceives as blocked for your region. To another site (cinemaphile.com or hooktube.com) which is (probably) in a different region and you have the opportunity to view it

I can try to track down the cause of the failure if you specify the exact version of what and where and on what it is installed. Because the webstore version of the extension is abandoned and work in GreaseMonkey is not possible with the compatibility check function

raingart commented 1 year ago

send me a link to these videos so that I can improve the detection.

And if there is an option how to name the plugin more concisely and more clearly, then tell me. Because it's obvious that if you couldn't find this plugin, then it's badly named.

alkaris2 commented 1 year ago

I tried out disabling "Unblock video not available" and shows the video as normal without redirect.

as for the videos it happens to be these following videos here thats perceived as blocked even though it's not and just content warning by YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek7JK6pattE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAYlTiV-Zf8

Each have sensitive topics which YouTube presents to viewers if they're age restricted. Could create a check if the video is age-restricted and what topics it mentions and perhaps "whitelist" them so it doesn't get caught up as a blocked video.

also I meant to say Violentmonkey BETA, not Greasemonkey despite similar naming of the extension. I'm not even using the webstore extension at all.