They’re playing for me. Do you by chance have any kind of security software like BitDefender or similar enabled? We’ve seen BitDefender specifically cause issues as it tries to mask where you’re coming from, and our videos are set up to only play when Vimeo can determine that they’re coming from our site specifically.
If not that, can you try a different browser and tell us what happens?
I keep reading the title of this thread like a crazy conspiracy theory akin to “birds don’t exist.” "You only THINK you;ve seen videos but actually that’s a window into another dimension where people are held captive to perform for your pleasure And that pixelation? Those are the bars of their cages, man!
That was happening to me today. I’m using Safari with Wipr 2 blocking all the ads, so I thought it was to do with that. When I refresh the page I am able to view them. If it happens again I will load up the page with Chrome and see if it happens there too. Having said that, usually a page refresh does the trick.