I’m getting an issue where if I click on a link in a description on youtube, it redirects me to the youtube home page and briefly flashes a youtube redirect url to the website I clicked on.
In the gif I made, I’m clicking on the ed.ted.com link in the description of this video. The problem isn’t limited to this video nor this link. I’ve tried it on other videos leading to a facebook or twitter page. If I click “copy link address” it gives me something like this: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=http%3A%2F%2Fed.ted.com%2Flessons%2Fwhat-percentage-of-your-brain-do-you-use-richard-e-cytowic&event=video_description&v=5NubJ2ThK_U&redir_token=4Hhp9eDaU01Ng6ZJKmPXfLL8k_V8MTUwNjY1MTU5MUAxNTA2NTY1MTkx
If I paste that into chrome, I’ll simply get redirected to the youtube homepage. If I paste it into firefox or microsoft edge, it sends me to a youtube page that says “the previous page is sending you to [URL], if you do not want to visit that page, you can [return to youtube]”
But clicking on links in descriptions on youtube using firefox or microsoft edge does not open a youtube page but rather sends me directly to the link in a new tab. Is there a way to fix this?
