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minus-squareBaroqueInMind@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·edit-21 month agoI have the same problem, and after you start clicking play, often you can wait it out and the video will play on its own
minus-squareattero@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoThis mostly happens when you use youtube while being logged into a google account. I fixed this by using firefox containers + https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/switch-container/ logout from google / clear cookies. switch to a new “google” container and login to see your subscrpitions if a video doesn’t load switch to decontained also has the nice benefit of not messing up your reccomendations when clicking on random yt-links from other sites
minus-squareBaroqueInMind@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoThis does not work on phone OSes
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoI use Grayjay on Android, and it tends to do a good job. I can have subscriptions w/o being logged in to my YT account, and videos load after 5 secs or so every time.
minus-squareBaroqueInMind@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoThank you. You are the best
I have the same problem, and after you start clicking play, often you can wait it out and the video will play on its own
This mostly happens when you use youtube while being logged into a google account.
I fixed this by using firefox containers + https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/switch-container/
also has the nice benefit of not messing up your reccomendations when clicking on random yt-links from other sites
This does not work on phone OSes
I use Grayjay on Android, and it tends to do a good job. I can have subscriptions w/o being logged in to my YT account, and videos load after 5 secs or so every time.
Thank you. You are the best