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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 ...

One of the internet’s simple pleasures is watching YouTube with an ad blocker. You can watch as many videos as you want without constant interruptions from obnoxious, occasionally unskippable ...

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 ...

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 ...

In early October, the people who make ad blocking tools convened in Amsterdam for their industry’s annual conference. One session was a welcome pitch from Google product leaders about tweaks made to ...

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 ...

A YouTube spokesperson said that using ad blockers could lead to a "suboptimal viewing" experience. Some users have also reported delays if they aren't on Google ...

To fix the “Ad blockers are not allowed on YouTube” issue in Brave, disable Shields for YouTube by clicking the Brave icon in the address bar and toggle it off ...

Q: On a few websites, I receive a message that reads, “disable ad blocker to continue.” (Foxnews.com is one site, for example.) This happens with Firefox, Chrome and Edge browsers. I searched program ...