Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kate O’Flaherty is a cybersecurity and privacy journalist. Google’s YouTube is ramping up its crackdown on privacy-preserving ad ...

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 ...

Vinegar blocks all YouTube ads and restores features like playing videos in the background and picture-in-picture on iPhone, ...

Following the ad blocker crackdown, YouTube is explicitly going after third-party — often mobile — apps that let viewers skip advertising. YouTube announced today that it is “strengthening our ...

Why this is important: This isn’t just a bug, but a spotlight on how major platforms like YouTube are tightening control over reasoned ad-blocking. For users, the shift means the browsing experience ...

YouTube is warning ad blocker users that they may encounter hiccups trying to view videos. On Monday, the company announced that it's strengthening its enforcement on ...

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 ...

April 16, 2024 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google YouTube is not having it with these ad blockers. Late last year, the company ...

In January this year, Adblock and Adblock Plus users reported performance issues on YouTube, which many rushed to interpret as Google ramping up aggressive measures against ad blocking. It was later ...