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The free ride is over—Google confirms that its limited adoption of anti-ad block features on YouTube is going global. From now on, anyone attempting to use an ad ...

Earlier this week, YouTube confirmed “a global effort” to crack down on ad blockers — and it’s already affecting the ad blocker business. A new report from ...

Step away from that uBlock button, bucko-YouTube just slammed the door on its last big ad-blocker loophole, and the internet is having a collective “skip ad” meltdown. YouTube’s war on ad blockers ...

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 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 ...

Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) YouTube is stepping up the pressure on users to either watch ads by disabling their adblockers, or pay up for a premium subscription to avoid ads. What ...

Suppose you’re sick of YouTube ads but don’t care about video downloads or exclusive content. You might use an ad-blocking browser extension to avoid marketing ...