YouTube playback fails while adblocking is on
YouTube refuses to play videos or shows content errors while the ad blocker is on.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
3 public reports · first reported 21 May 2025 · last reported 23 January 2026
What's going wrong
Some firefox users report that YouTube shows errors or refuses to play videos when the ad blocker is active.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
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