YouTube has started cracking down on users who block adverts on the video platform. The Google-owned service is stopping viewers who are actively running ad blockers from watching clips on its site.

Users of the YouTube mobile app and website have reported serious issues this week. Some users had earlier reported that the interface buttons are disappearing from the Shorts player. And now, desktop ...

Open Google Chrome: Launch the Google Chrome browser on your computer. Access Extensions: Click on the three vertical dots in the top-right corner to open the Chrome menu. Navigate to "More tools" and ...

YouTube is prompting some users to switch off their browsers' ad blockers. If they refuse, they can't watch the videos. Reading time 2 minutes YouTube is cracking ...

YouTube has begun skipping videos for users attempting to access the service with an active ad blocker. If you manage to get past the skipping videos, YouTube also mutes the video. Users report ...

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Over the past few years, YouTube has seemingly turned into a magician with a few tricks up its sleeve designed to bolster its aggressive campaign against ad blockers. Last year, multiple reports ...

YouTube is running an experiment asking some users to disable their ad blockers or pay for a premium subscription, or they will not be allowed to watch videos. As first spotted by a Reddit user this ...

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 ...

YouTube's parent company Google is testing out a new method of stopping ad blocker users from browsing countless YouTube's videos without being exposed to a single advertisement. Google has been ...

The latest installment of the YouTube against ad blockers saga has brought a new twist. Some users have noticed that accessing YouTube with certain ad blockers ...