Wait it's not only me? I thought RU authorities were blocking them... I quess it's not them, but something else
Invidious is the only way I can see images in community posts, and I used invidious all the time instead of youtube, sad to see that the servers are struggling
Last time I checked there was an issue with YT's newest ways to break compatibility, and no servers were carrying the fix at that time, so I just went to YT (in private tabs always) with distracting elements deleted from the pages via ublock origin