Google has been waging war on adblockers for a while now when it comes to blocking ads on YouTube. The company is now trying to make it impossible for traditional adblockers to block adverts.
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A strange issue in YouTube is automatically skipping videos to the end. According to several user reports, it is happening to users with the AdBlock extension installed on their devices.
According to several user reports online, Google was apparently slowing YouTube down if it detected adblockers. However, Adblock has now confirmed that such is not the case at all.
In YouTube's continuing war against ad-blocking users, it's being discovered that the site has enabled code that slows itself down, with immediate recovery once the user turns off their ad blocker.
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YouTube is testing a popup for non-Premium users that urges them to disable adblockers with a countdown timer. It emphasizes the features of YouTube Premium so its creators can be paid.
Recent observations from users across the internet, later confirmed by YouTube, have found that when trying to use the site, a prompt comes up preventing playback until ad blockers are disabled.
Microsoft has acknowledged a bug on all versions of Edge on all platforms that causes YouTube playback errors. The issue happens when AdBlock or AdBlock Plus are enabled, and a fix is in the works.
Google has taken to its security blog to explain its recent changes to the Web Request API, which have drawn controversy recently for potentially neutering ad blocking functionality.
Google today announced a major step in its fight against invasive and abusive ad practices on the web, as the next version of Chrome will simply block all ads on websites deemed non-compliant.
Google will be rolling out its new built-in ad filter for Chrome tomorrow. In a blog post on the official Chromium blog, the firm explains how it determines which ads to filter, and why.
Apple has begun enforcing a rule from its Developer Guidelines which means that VPN-based ad blockers will no longer be tolerated on the platform. Apple says the rule is long-standing.
To be released sometime in 2018, Google is working on a new version of Google Chrome that will include a built-in ad-blocker that blocks all ads that the company considers intrusive.
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