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Google is reportedly using YouTube errors, preventing video playback, to get users to disable ad blockers in their browsers.

The free ride is over—Google confirms that its limited adoption of anti-ad block features on YouTube is going global. From now on, anyone attempting to use an ad ...

Google YouTube’s crackdown on ad blockers has just ramped up further, with the streaming platform introducing new measures to stop users from using the privacy-preserving technology on its site.

If you love YouTube but hate YouTube ads, Vinegar is the best Safari extension you can download. It can block YouTube ads on your iPhone and Mac and restores many ...

YouTube recently took dramatic action against anyone visiting its site with an ad blocker running — after a few pieces of content, it'll simply stop serving you videos. If you want to get past the ...

Since May, YouTube has ramped up its block of ad blockers, and the company has now fully launched this policy worldwide. In a statement today (first shared with The Verge), YouTube said it has ...

YouTube recently doubled down on its neverending campaign against ad-blocking services. But for ad blocker users who have lately experienced annoying glitches on the video-sharing platform, YouTube ...

Temporary workarounds exist ...

In order to combat YouTube's move, SponsorBlock has implemented a block on all user submissions from browsers that are experiencing this YouTube experiment. However ...

In a nutshell: YouTube recently ratcheted up its fight against ad blockers, launching a global effort to stop users from sidestepping ads on its platform. Early reports indicate the campaign is having ...

Some YouTube viewers with ad-blocking extensions are now seeing black screens for a few seconds before a video plays. These black screens could be ads that haven’t ...