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 ...

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.

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.

YouTube is now completely blocking ad blockers after months of back and forth and testing its new anti-adblocker mechanism. The streaming giant is encouraging users to subscribe to YouTube Premium ...

YouTube’s ad blocker crackdown expands to third-party apps. By Jacob Siegal. Published Apr 15th, 2024 8:02PM EDT. ... There isn’t exactly an abundance of ad-blocking YouTube apps available.

One ad-blocking company, Ghostery, shared that 90% of users who completed a survey when uninstalling their ad blocker cited YouTube’s changes as the reason.

YouTube is expanding its crackdown on ad blockers to include mobile apps. The video-sharing platform has confirmed that users using a third-party ad blocking app could come across buffering issues ...

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 ...

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.

At this stage, you can’t watch content on YouTube if you’re using some of the popular ad-blocking solutions available. In other words, YouTube’s ad blocker crackdown has seen some success.