Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kate O’Flaherty is a cybersecurity and privacy journalist. This article is more than 2 years old. YouTube is ramping up its ad ...

"The use of ad blockers violate YouTube's Terms of Service. We've launched a global effort to urge viewers with ad blockers enabled to allow ads on YouTube or try ...

Users watching YouTube videos through an ad blocking app could encounter performance issues or an error message. Users watching YouTube videos through an ad blocking ...

YouTube ads have gotten way out of hand in recent years, but despite that, ads are still necessary to handle the costs of running the world’s largest video platform, and paying the millions of ...

YouTube denied further intensifying loading speed issues as part of its efforts to discourage ad blocker use. However, both Premium users and those using ad blockers have reported problems with the ...

A new report claims that YouTube has found a new way to combat ad blockers again: by integrating actual advertisements from its clients and partners into its videos. This is through the new process ...

YouTube has begun testing an anti-ad-blocker popup featuring a timer that warns when the next advertisement will play. After a Reddit user shared a screenshot of the warning, several users confirmed ...

The best part about one company revolutionizing video-sharing on the internet is that it gets the say in how awful that experience can be. After beginning to roll out a healthy nudge to turn off ad ...

YouTube has launched a global front against ad-blocking extensions, taking a small experiment it began in June full-scale. As noticed by Android Authority on Monday morning, some YouTube users are now ...

YouTube is running a new experiment to limit usage on ad blockers by asking users to turn it off or buy a premium subscription after three videos. Users on Reddit posted screenshots of the streaming ...

The YouTube ad blocker crackdown that began in 2023 is not yet over, and while the company already effected the changes against these kinds of services, it is now moving against third-party apps that ...