Firefox with sponsorblock installed and ublock origin?

duskdozer · 2026-09-26T16:00:51

I haven't been able to watch youtube in the browser for ages. I get like one 10-20s chunk then nothing further. Do you use just the standard block lists?

TomasEkeli · 2026-09-26T16:07:17

Works well for me on Firefox with uBlock origin without any special lists.

Personally I use my own fork of FreeTube on desktops, though, falling back to Firefox with uBlock when there are outages.

piaste · 2026-09-26T16:35:36

Are you using a VPN? Youtube will be a jerk to those IPs. I need to set my exit node to either Poland or Albania to watch YT. (The latter incidentally is supposed to act as an ad-blocker due to local legislation banning some types of ads, but I have my own ad-blockers so I cannot confirm.)

fg137 · 2026-09-27T13:59:57

I had this issue on Firefox on a Linux machine but didn't see it when on a Mac. I gave up figuring out why -- every other website worked fine.

mystifyingpoi · 2026-09-26T19:15:15

Your experience is strange, I use the official Chrome (not Chromium) with uBlock Lite and everything works perfectly (except the 5s delay at the start).

tosti · 2026-09-26T17:47:54

Even on the fastest computer I got, I have to wait 2 whole minutes for the website to finish loading. I think they really hate Firefox.

DavideNL · 2026-09-26T17:57:38

I use Firefox (and Librewolf), and have no issues.

So, it must be some extension or content blocker list causing that issue?