Free YouTube users are reporting that ad blockers that previously worked on the site have suddenly stopped working.

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 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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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

YouTube confirmed “a global effort” to crack down on ad blockers — and it’s already affecting the ad blocker business. A new report from Wired suggests that the crackdown is causing users ...

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.

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 ...