YouTube is cracking down on the use of ad blockers on its site, with the Google-owned streaming service warning people to disable the privacy-preserving tools. YouTube is cracking down on the use of ...

ZDNET key takeaways Sometimes pop-ups are harmful, while other times they are necessary.On Safari, you can enable pop-ups for ...

Update: October 31, 2023 (11:26 PM ET): After our original report about an increasing number of users being unable to use ad blockers on YouTube, the platform has confirmed to The Verge that it has ...

YouTube has declared war on ad blockers in recent months. Its efforts have led online users to revolt against the platform and look for ways to continue skipping ads. In its latest move, YouTube ...

In early October, the people who make ad blocking tools convened in Amsterdam for their industry’s annual conference. One session was a welcome pitch from Google product leaders about tweaks made to ...

One of the internet’s simple pleasures is watching YouTube with an ad blocker. You can watch as many videos as you want without constant interruptions from obnoxious, occasionally unskippable ...

Google is trying out a new show of force to keep users from watching YouTube videos without ads. Some users are reporting that the company will allow access to just three videos before prompting to ...

Pop-up blockers in Google Chrome and other browsers block annoying ads that redirect to dangerous content, but they can also block the content you want to view. You can easily turn off the pop-up ...

YouTube users who deploy ad blockers may soon be staring at a blank screen: Alphabet’s YouTube has confirmed to multiple outlets that it is running “a small ...

YouTube is currently running what it describes as a "small experiment globally," warning users to toggle off their ad blockers and avoid being limited to only three video views. As first spotted by a ...