If you’re a Brave browser user, you might have experienced issues while trying to watch YouTube videos. Brave’s built-in protections often interfere with YouTube, causing either the browser to crash or videos to not play. The reason behind this rather disconcerting issue often comes down to Brave’s extended security features, primarily designed to block potentially harmful scripts running on websites.
Fortunately, **’YouTube not working on Brave browser – How to fix?’** is not as perplexing as it sounds. The issue can generally be fixed by adjusting Brave Shields, the browser’s built-in privacy and security features. Head to Brave Shields by clicking on the lion icon on the right side of the address bar. From there, disable the ‘block scripts’ option for YouTube. You may need to refresh the page to see the changes.
A worthy point to note here is that by disabling the script blocking, you’re potentially allowing certain scripts to run on YouTube, which could pose privacy concerns. So it should be a temporary solution. If this doesn’t alleviate the issue, try adjusting the ‘cookie control’ settings under Brave Shields. Switch it to ‘allow all cookies’ while you’re using YouTube. Please remember to set it back to your preferred settings once you’re done to maintain optimal browser security. The Brave team is working tirelessly to improve compatibility with websites, so keep your browser updated to make sure you benefit from their efforts.