YouTube has launched a global front against ad-blocking extensions, taking a small experiment it began in June full-scale. As noticed by Android Authority on Monday morning, some YouTube users are ...

Google Trends also shows a spike in searches for the term “YouTube ad blocker” since October 10, which is possibly when the platform extended its crackdown to more number of users. Searches ...

Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. YouTube is bringing its ad blocker fight to mobile. In an update on Monday, YouTube writes that users accessing videos through a third-party ad ...

YouTube is rewriting the rules of engagement, shutting down ad blockers with a decisive no-play policy and sealing off the ...

YouTube's fight against ad blockers began with an experiment in May 2023, when it started warning users that ad blockers were ...

YouTube may be throttling playback for ad blocker users, while also preparing to roll out longer, unskippable ad formats ...

YouTube is deliberately slowing video loading for users with ad blockers enabled, in what appears to be an escalation in ...

YouTube has found a new way to fight ad-blockers. It delays videos and shows a pop-up that links to a support page urging users to remove ad-blockers and extensions.

What Happened: SponsorBlock, a crowdsourced Google Chrome extension designed to bypass sponsored content, reported on YouTube’s latest crackdown in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.

YouTube continues its battle against ad blockers, now disabling video buffering for an ad's duration, complete with a ...

The company encouraged users who blocked ads to upgrade to YouTube Premium and disabled all videos if they refused. This year, the video service is expanding the enforcement of its ad-blocker ...