Recently, I discovered that my YouTube embedded videos are not playing on iOS devices when on my website unless you click in the top left corner of the video. Even after removing all extra YouTube parameters and using standard iFrame embed code, the issue persists where the videos won't play upon clicking the center play button.
While there have been some reports of similar issues in the past, those were resolved by either Apple or YouTube about 4-5 years ago.
For example: YouTube video directly embedded in a post
No changes have been made to our website's CSS or JavaScript, so it's unclear what caused this problem or when it started. It was just something I noticed today.
Any assistance with resolving this issue would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!