It is not adblock issue and has been like this the whole day.
Anyone else experiencing these issues? I saw some reddit posts but they span across multiple days, so I would think this was short outage from few days ago, but it looks like is is not and likely google trying to F with firefox again, like they like to do.
[1] - https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/140.4.0esr/
Incognito mode works though..
Hmm.. in normal mode, I see that https://rr5---sn-t0a7ln7d.googlevideo.com is called but gets ns_error_unknown_host but in incognito mode rr5 is not called and all works. Changing to dns over https did not help. But I heard about the AWS outage today and that it has something to do with DNS so i think there's the issue. Though am not sure why incognito works.
What’s Happening YouTube’s new player rollout seems to be causing playback failures in Firefox.
Users report:
Black screen or “An error occurred” message
Videos not loading at all
UI glitches on mobile and desktop
Chrome-based browsers (Brave, Edge, etc.) work fine — suggesting a compatibility issue, not a network or account problem. What You Can Try Clear Firefox cache and cookies
Corrupted data can block video rendering.
Disable hardware acceleration
Go to Settings > General > Performance and uncheck “Use recommended performance settings.”
Try Firefox in Safe Mode
Launch with extensions disabled to rule out conflicts.
Switch to YouTube’s mobile site temporarily
Use m.youtube.com — it often bypasses player issues.Use an alternate browser until fixed
Chrome, Brave, or Edge are working normally.
This is the weirdest thing I have ever experienced with youtube.
PS: and obviously this is the same with chrome-based browsers. It is my account that is the issue.
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