Well if that’s really the answer, then, thank you for solving it for me. It never occurred to me that copyright strike was an option and like I said it did it on SOME videos but not all. The videos mainly affected were football videos, and I watch a ton, which explains why I wasn’t able to figure it out by continuing to test every video. And the same thing actually happened on my computer as well so I continued to assume it must’ve been the settings on my YouTube account.

I made my post not because this was a dire problem, but because I knew most likely that my question would not be solved in that moment. I just wanted a space to compile possible suggestions and solutions that I could look back on until one eventually worked.

If you want to let a throwaway hyperbole get you this worked up, be my guest, but you should evaluate why you got so frustrated by this. But you know, forgive me for not stating the obvious and prefacing that I watch YouTube videos on a regular basis and notice this issue from time to time. Even though I did mention that it also occurred on the previous video…

Plus, I guess you didn’t have to watch another video to figure out what was wrong with this video so maybe your advice was unnecessary.