The internet has become absolutely overrun by ads, as they are one of the most direct ways to generate revenue from a wide range of content. This is especially true on YouTube, where just about anyone ...

Adblock and Adblock Plus users report performance issues on YouTube, initially blamed on Google but later determined to be an issue in the popular ad-blocking extension. Adblock and Adblock Plus are ...

Folks online have accused YouTube of targeting AdBlock users with degraded performance, with reports of the desktop player freezing up, lagging while buffering, and hogging CPU usage. YouTube has ...

Google’s war on ad blockers is just gearing up, with YouTube doing its best to detect and block ad blockers and Chrome aiming to roll out the ad block-limiting Manifest V3 extension platform in June ...

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. According ...

Google's anti-adblocking banner on YouTube which prevents videos from playing is back. Opera, OperaGX, and Firefox may be affected. It could also be making Chrome ...

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 ...