YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers(bleepingcomputer.com)

542 points by jacooper 3 years ago | 1050 comments

BleepingComputer news article reporting that YouTube is testing blocking video playback for users who run ad blockers unless they disable them.

YouTube punishes ad-blocker users with slower videos on non-Chrome browsers(androidcentral.com)

248 points by josephcsible 2 years ago | 179 comments

Google is exploring blocking AdBlocker on YouTube(ign.com)

27 points by PhillipKappa 3 years ago | 43 comments

YouTube's new anti-adblock measures(iter.ca)

851 points by smitop 1 year ago | 1169 comments

A blog post explaining YouTube's A/B-tested anti-adblock measures such as fake buffering, and a uBlock Origin filter written to partially avoid them.

YouTube begins new wave of slowdowns for users with ad blockers enabled(9to5google.com)

100 points by Hary06 2 years ago | 104 comments

Second Chances on YouTube(blog.youtube)

43 points by aspenmayer 1 year ago | 32 comments