I have UBlock installed on Firefox and what is pictured here is what has been happening for every video that I’m clicking on. Panning doesn’t make the video play either. I tried that. It’s not my internet connection since the videos and ads that you can’t even skip and pause when you tab out play just fine on Chrome. In the days before this happened I got several popups from YouTube saying that adblockers aren’t allowed after months of browsing YouTube ad-free without issue
Right-click the link and open it in a private tab, or copy the url and open a private tab, and paste it. You’ll have to re-enable your web extensions. Google is cracking down on ad blockers.
For some reason, though, I stopped having to do that. I have no idea what I did. I’m using multiple ad blockers. I’m using multiple extensions that alter YouTube. I have no idea why they suddenly stopped caring about my web extensions.
I also have other extensions that skip sponsors, add down votes, etc… those have been SUPER spotty recently.