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Firefox + whatever adblocker = no go for youtube

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Many youtube videos don't play with adblocker (tried almost all of them) extension.

Disabling adblocker will allow videos to play.

This behavior is the same on Windows and on Linux also.

However, in google's chrome browser (using the same extension) videos will play normally without ads.

So, it is NOT adblocker's extension problem, IT IS a firefox problem. Remember I tried all available adblockers and problem remains, while in chrome the problem with same adblocker extensions does not exist.

This is a deal breaker for me.

I really want to use firefox, but this is a deal braker for me. Returning to chrome, until this problem is fixed.

Many youtube videos don't play with adblocker (tried almost all of them) extension. Disabling adblocker will allow videos to play. This behavior is the same on Windows and on Linux also. However, in google's chrome browser (using the same extension) videos will play normally without ads. So, it is NOT adblocker's extension problem, IT IS a firefox problem. Remember I tried all available adblockers and problem remains, while in chrome the problem with same adblocker extensions does not exist. This is a deal breaker for me. I really want to use firefox, but this is a deal braker for me. Returning to chrome, until this problem is fixed.

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No issue with ABP for years with YouTube on Linux, Windows, and Mac. see screenshot Can you show us what you're getting when trying to play a video?

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Some Users have been having issues with Youtube recently. Yesterdays update, 104.0.1, has a fix for that -

Firefox Release Notes https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/104.0.1/releasenotes/