{"id":130411,"date":"2023-09-19T10:36:56","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T10:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=130411"},"modified":"2023-09-19T10:36:56","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T10:36:56","slug":"stop-using-ad-blockers-or-get-banned-from-watching-videos-warns-youtube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/lifestyle\/stop-using-ad-blockers-or-get-banned-from-watching-videos-warns-youtube\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop using ad blockers or get banned from watching videos, warns YouTube"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>YouTube users beware: you might have to disable your ad blocker if you want to keep watching videos in future.<\/p>\n<p>That&apos;s because the popular video streaming platform is reportedly testing a new feature which will block viewers from watching more than three clips if they have an ad blocker installed.<\/p>\n<p>According to Bleeping Computer, a Reddit user spotted a pop-up window telling ad block users that their &apos;video player will be blocked after 3 videos&apos;.<\/p>\n<p><b>READ MORE: 40 million people have watched day-long YouTube video of a blank screen<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The pop-up reportedly says: &quot;It looks like you may be using an ad blocker. Video playback will be blocked unless YouTube is allowlisted or the ad blocker is disabled.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30358614.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_Confused-Caucasian-woman-laying-on-bed-using-laptop.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Once this message is received, YouTube users will have the option of disabling their ad blocker for YouTube or paying \u00a311.99 per month for the ad-free YouTube Premium.<\/p>\n<p>YouTube confirmed the report, stating that it is &quot;running a small experiment globally that urges viewers with ad blockers enabled to allow ads on YouTube or try YouTube Premium.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>It added that playback could be temporarily disabled in &apos;extreme cases&apos;.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30358670.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_FILES-US-POLITICS-MISINFORMATION-TECHNOLOGY-YOUTUBE-DISINFORMATI.jpg\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<figure data-mod=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30332328.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458\/0_MAINSOCIAL.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p> You can now visit the metaverse for less than \u00a31 thanks to &apos;Netflix for VR&apos; subscription<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/@trinitymirrordigital\/chameleon-branding\/publications\/dailystar\/img\/logo-schema-dailystar.png\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A spokesperson for YouTube said: &quot;In extreme cases, where viewers continue their use of ad blockers, playback will be temporarily disabled.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We take disabling playback very seriously, and will only disable playback if viewers ignore repeated requests to allow ads on YouTube.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>There are more adverts than ever before and particularly on YouTube, where viewers can expect their videos to be interrupted by short ad clips roughly every 5-8 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>The money generated from these ads is used to pay for the platform, including fees for the creators of videos as well as revenue for Alphabet, its parent company.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/tech\/news\/stop-using-ad-blockers-now-30358499\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YouTube users beware: you might have to disable your ad blocker if you want to keep watching videos in future.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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