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safari showing black screen on YouTube

I have a MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2020, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports) whenever I try to play a video the screen is black and when I click on the video it comes up with this message : An error occurred. Please try again later. (Playback ID: zQEdm05KQaMgEFPs) also I have realised the playback id is always different . when I remove my Adblock it works perfectly fine but it never used to do this before Ive had the blocker for some time now never happened before please help me fix this .

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Sep 9, 2020 11:04 AM

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User profile for user: Eric Root
Eric Root
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Posted on Sep 9, 2020 12:54 PM

The problem is the Safari extension you are using. You need to disable it when watching YouTube. AdBlock may have had an update which caused the change.

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