YouTube Cracks Down On Ad Blockers, Limits Access To Ad-Free Videos For Many
YouTube's Premium service is designed to offer users the ability to skip ads. Unless you disable the ad blocker on your browser, chances are that YouTube will restrict your access and direct you to a black screen.
The days of ad blockers on YouTube are about to end. The Google-owned video streaming company has been running an experiment to prevent users from using ad blockers on YouTube, in hopes of converting free users into Premium ones.
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Want no ads? YouTube wants you to pay up
If you've enabled ad blockers on your browsers, chances are that YouTube has been showing an error message "video player will be blocked after 3 videos." The message is intended to stop YouTube users from streaming videos by skipping advertisements on the platform.
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YouTube's Premium service is designed to offer users the ability to skip ads. Unless you disable the ad blocker on your browser, chances are that YouTube will restrict your access and direct you to a black screen.
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With their new anti-ad blocker measure, YouTube is hoping that users will start paying for its Premium service. A single month plan costs Rs. 129 with auto-renewal, Rs. 139 without auto-renewal while a three-month plan costs Rs. 399, and a yearly plan costs Rs. 1,290. Users can also buy a family plan for Rs. 149 per month that lets them add up to five family members.
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Many users are reporting their frustration surrounding this new attempt by YouTube to block ad blockers.
YouTube actually started to block down on people using ad blockers pic.twitter.com/FHgsruvBjB
¡ª Super.EXE | NPT?| ???? (@ISuperEXEl) October 9, 2023
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¡ª Earth (@seo_301redirect) October 10, 2023
I want @YouTube to know that their popup telling me I need to turn of my Ad Blocker isn't going to work. I will not be joining YouTube Premium and I will use Userscripts if need be to bypass your ads if @ublockorigin is detected.
¡ª Anghellic Karma (@Anghellickarma) October 10, 2023
In short, EAD.
Ah yes, disable ad blocker on YouTube. So that we can support the creators that need to get sponsors because YouTube demonetizes videos with the word "Crap" in it.
¡ª Dicc of Many Flings (@PandasmalForce) October 10, 2023
Please just tell us you want more money, it's less embarrassing that way.
Would you pay for a YouTube Premium subscription once ad blockers are completely banned? Let us know in the comments below. For more in the world of technology and science, keep reading Indiatimes.com.
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