It's got nothing to do with whether you use PC or Mac. It's just the result of YouTube pulling more and more content that is copyrighted from general public view.
Thanks for the advice - the good thing is that it appears to have been corrected (whatever the problem was) so I am back to wasting several productive hours watching complete bollocks!
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