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 ...
YouTube is expanding its crackdown on ad blockers to mobile users, escalating its "global effort" to make you watch ads. Reading time 2 minutes YouTube has become the internet’s go-to library for all ...
YouTube and Google have been busy these past few months. Google is in the process of decimating as many small publishers as it can with its March Core Update, while stealing their content. And YouTube ...
An app developer has had a crisis of crisis of conscience that has pushed him to pull his ad blocker from Apple’s app store after it became the most downloaded. The Peace mobile app shot to the top of ...
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 ...
YouTube's war with ad blockers is far from over, and it's focusing on tools that enable ad-free viewing on mobile this time. The Google-owned video platform has ...
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 ...
Inevitably, whenever there is a discussion on the internet about how YouTube (or any other website) is choked with ads, someone will say, "Just use an ad blocker." The name seems to say it all. An ad ...
For those who spend a great deal of time surfing the web, it may be worth investing in an ad blocker. These downloadable programs interface with a user's browser of choice to minimize the presence of ...
Google's upcoming changes to Chrome's extension platform have users seeking new ad-blocking solutions. With uncertainty ...
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 ...