Why It Matters: YouTube's crackdown on adblock users comes at a time when streaming services have all announced price hikes, including Netflix Inc. NFLX, Walt Disney Co.'s DIS Disney+, ...

But YouTube, too, manages to quickly counter these new changes in this years-long cat-and-mouse game between YouTube and AdBlock. Users have also figured out workarounds .

YouTube altered its experiment to shut off video browsing for users with an ad blocker after just three videos in June. According to Lawton’s statements to The Verge, this was a “small ...

The YouTube ad blocker crackdown that began in 2023 is not yet over, and while the company already effected the. YouTube's ad blocker crackdown is not yet over, as it now targets third-party apps.

Data shows Google’s attempts to force people to watch YouTube ads are having an effect on user behavior. 22% of users surveyed said the crackdown is more likely to make them use an ad-blocker.

YouTube’s ad blocker crackdown expands to third-party apps. By Jacob Siegal. Published Apr 15th, 2024 8:02PM EDT. Image: Chris McGrath/Getty Images.

Ad blocker accusations. Users reported widespread performance issues on a thread posted to the YouTube subreddit. One user commented: “It makes the whole site laggy.

YouTube’s ad blocker crackdown could be breaking EU privacy laws. Published: November 8, 2023 at 12:49 pm. Read Time: 3 minutes. Share. Written by Nicola Agius. Table of Contents Table of Contents.

If you’re using an ad blocker, it’s likely you’ll run into issues, as the recent YouTube ad crackdown has been going hard at ad block users, even going so far as to disable watching videos ...