This got me. I noped out of the article because of it

Nostalgia Nerd did quite a long video on this

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IOqlDsfTC6g

I have random issues with youtube subtitles in general. I often watch foreign language videos, occasionally for learning. Except sometimes whilst they work in the video’s language, the translations don’t…until I reload the page, or quit the browser. Or on specific computers which never have issues. 🤷‍♂️