Your post is being downvoted because blocking cookies does not solve the problem. It is blocking cookies that causes the issue. When cookies are blocked (in my

Your post is being downvoted because blocking cookies does not solve the problem. It is blocking cookies that causes the issue. When cookies are blocked (in my case, third-party cookies are blocked), an overlay appears over the video explaining the website that hosts the video will not allow the video to be played without a targeting cookie. FWIW, removing the overlay was not enough to get the video to play on the website; but I haven't looked any further into it—easier to just go to YouTube to play the video.