It has been revealed that a change has been made to some embedded videos on YouTube that means you cannot access the original video by clicking on the title
It has become clear that YouTube has changed the specifications of the special embedded player it provides to some news sites, making it difficult for them to access the video page on YouTube from the embedded player.
YouTube quietly made some of its web embeds worse, including ours - The Verge
YouTube provides some news sites with a special embedded player called ' YouTube Player for Publishers ', which gives them benefits such as a UI that looks different from general embedded players and custom ad display functions. The specifications of this embedded player for YouTube Player for Publishers have changed, making it difficult to access the original video on YouTube.
First, here is an example of a typical embedded player. In the case of typical embedded players used on sites such as GIGAZINE, the title part is clickable.
Click on the title to go to the video page on YouTube.
And here is an example of an embedded YouTube Player for Publishers player: The title is displayed, but clicking it does nothing, and there are no buttons for 'Watch Later,' 'Share,' or 'Info.'
You can copy the URL by right-clicking in the player and clicking 'Copy video URL', but to access the video page on YouTube, you need to 'copy the URL, paste it into the address bar, and press Enter', which is quite cumbersome.
According to The Verge, one of the partners of YouTube Player for Publishers, the specification change was implemented around early 2024. The Verge commented that 'YouTube Player for Publishers allows you to display your own ads at a higher rate than YouTube's standard,' and 'To include a link to YouTube, you need to use YouTube's standard embedded player and cede control of the ads to YouTube.'
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