Not just youtube but I’ve run into several sites that do this
In the case of Youtube, however, I'm trying to find any way possible to skirt the problems there because there is a lot of good info there despite their efforts to eliminate it all. HOWEVER, if at the end of the day, they persist in finding ways to block me cuz I got an adblocker, then the same rule will apply, I won't go back.
Rumble is a none starter with me. I'll watch videos there if a link throws me over there, but for the most part I find their website difficult to manage and it doesn't have the same type of interface that YT and Odysee have.
I am experimenting with a program called FreeTube to see how it works out.