I just have to open a topic that has an embedded YouTube video, and I instantly get youtube.com cookies saved on my browser. This is something that I don’t want. Is there a way to disable embedded content?

I do not think the latest assessment that this is occurring when team members post YouTube links is accurate, because @jordan has no special privileges (mod/admin) on the forum, and when I post YouTube links this issue does not occur. However, out of an abundance of caution we will limit this anywa…

privacy April 18, 2025, 12:54pm 9

I have had the same problem. I think its when an admin links external content

no youtube embeds are directly loaded

youtube embeds are directly loaded

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