If you go down to YouTube today you're in for a big surprise – or at least, you are if you're using an ad blocker. What began as a test of anti-blocking measures has now become an official "global ...

YouTube just nuked your last refuge from video ads. The platform’s newest enforcement wave specifically targets Firefox and Opera users who thought uBlock Origin ...

YouTube's crack down on ad blockers leads to unskippable blank video ads on the platform. Credit: Klaudia Radecka/NurPhoto via Getty Images YouTube ad-blocker users, prepare to stare at nothing for ...

Update: October 31, 2023 (11:26 PM ET): After our original report about an increasing number of users being unable to use ad blockers on YouTube, the platform has confirmed to The Verge that it has ...

YouTube is cracking down on the use of ad blockers on its site, with the Google-owned streaming service warning people to disable the privacy-preserving tools. YouTube is cracking down on the use of ...

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.

YouTube is really slowing down the platform for people using ad blockers. Video load times have gone up as much as five minutes. Meanwhile, the platform seems flooded with bad, misleading ...

There are a variety of ad-blocking tools for Windows out there, some of which are general-purpose, while others are narrowly ...

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 ...

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 ...

No ads. Picture-in-picture. Background play. All in one extension. Perfect, no notes. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac If you love YouTube but hate YouTube ads ...