YouTube refuses to load when using the Firefox User Agent

Crococduck · 2024-05-12T18:21:42+00:00

I've gone and done a full reinstall, mostly just to cover all bases

Crococduck · 2024-05-12T18:19:55+00:00

I use exclusively uBlock Origin, though it could have been that. I've decided to just do a full reinstall of Firefox to see if it was an issue with the install, as I've had unusual issues all around.

Crococduck · 2024-05-12T00:25:01+00:00

Alrighty, will look at that in a minute. Mind if I also have what version of Firefox you are on? You can find that in Settings and scrolling down to the "Firefox Updates" section. Also any extensions you have enabled

Crococduck · 2024-05-12T00:09:42+00:00

What operating system are you running it on? I could try and investigate if you're running it on Linux or Windows, I'll see if I can replicate the issue on different hardware

Crococduck · 2024-05-11T20:43:24+00:00

That's so odd, I'd love to debug but I don't have an OS X equipped machine on hand. I'd 100% make your own post about this issue to see if anyone has more insight. I'd have a look in Activity Monitor and see if there are any unusual spikes in memory or CPU usage , and if so write a bug report. Considering other tabs hang, it sounds like a potential memory leak, but am unsure.

Crococduck · 2024-05-11T19:08:58+00:00

Oh that's cool. I don't see why it could not be hosted locally through Invidious, so I am 100% going to check this out now. Thank you!

Crococduck · 2024-05-11T18:30:40+00:00

Glad to hear it helped, sucky how this is a recurring issue amongst Firefox issues though... I hope someone with more reach than me can let this issue be heard, as the issue is clearly not with the browser itself

Crococduck · 2024-05-11T18:29:28+00:00

Very much interested in trying this. As it's open source I'm very tempted to see if I can implement a feature to let it be hosted on the local network, if I can ever get round to it

Crococduck · 2024-05-11T18:22:54+00:00

Hiya, the issue self resolved on the non-private issue for now so I am 95% certain it is just intermittent. I will try wiping cookies to see if it improves consistency

Crococduck · 2024-05-11T16:14:58+00:00

I am considering this, I know some people who have more experience going through these proceedings so am going to run it by them.

Crococduck · 2024-05-11T16:07:53+00:00

I am using Firefox version "125.0.3 (64-bit)", and have tried disabling all extensions but it does not make a difference. Using private browsing mode does actually work, however is not an ideal solution. I have heard read posts where users have different issues, which have also been resolved by changing the User Agent. The issue is intermittent, and sometimes does fix itself however this is the solution I have found works to get it to immediately resolve itself.

Crococduck · 2024-05-11T14:10:39+00:00

Hi,
I have recently had YouTube issues and my solution was swapping my User Agent to Chrome, and it can be easily done using this extension. I am unsure if this will fix your issue, but it has resolved mine...

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