Epiphany does not play certain videos when adblocker is enabled
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Submitted by Que Quotion Link to original bug (#754954)
Description
Epiphany does not play many videos on Youtube.
It may be the case that Youtube's advertisements do something Epiphany is not compatible with, preventing the videos from playing. However, it may (also) be the case that Epiphany fails to do something required for the videos or advertisements to play. Either way, it is a serious problem for Epiphany's adoptability.
Other browsers do not have this problem. Youtube offcially lists Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, and Apple Safari as compatible: https://www.youtube.com/html5 Now that youtube is using HTML5 as default--and no longer offers an opt-out--it is time to fix this issue in Epiphany.
To that end I am filing reports for both Youtube and GNOME. It is important to recognize that Epiphany is part of the problem and not put all of the blame Youtube, flash player, or another piece of software. Epiphany is the application having a problem, both from the user perspective and Youtube's (the site itself, not its developers). In order to resolve this issue as easily and quickly as possible, I reccommend that the two development teams communicate and cooperate.
Here is an example of a Youtube video that will not play in Epiphany: Star Trek - Renegades https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE2Wgop9VLM
Here is an example of a Youtube video that does play in Epiphany: Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UVNT4wvIGY
Version: 3.16.x (obsolete)