Vinegar blocks all YouTube ads and restores features like playing videos in the background and picture-in-picture on iPhone, iPad and Mac.

YouTube is cracking down on ad blockers, but don't pull your hair out when commercials interrupt your videos. There are ways ...

Some YouTube viewers with ad-blocking extensions are now seeing black screens for a few seconds before a video plays. These black screens could be ads that haven’t ...

As Google continues to ramp up pressure on ad blocking methods like browser extensions and VPNs, the cat-and-mouse game between the blockers and Mountain View has grown in breadth and complexity.

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 ...

Looking for an alternative to the official YouTube app? A group of Revanced developers have left the project and released ...

Google YouTube’s crackdown on ad blockers has just ramped up further, with the streaming platform introducing new measures to stop users from using the privacy-preserving technology on its site.

Let’s face it — ads on YouTube can be a nuisance. Whether you’re in the middle of a tutorial or catching up on your favorite vlogger, those interruptions are a ...

YouTube recently doubled down on its neverending campaign against ad-blocking services. But for ad blocker users who have lately experienced annoying glitches on the video-sharing platform, YouTube ...

In context: Google began ramping up its crackdown on ad blockers last year when it started restricting YouTube video playback for people using ad-blocking software. The company is now expanding that ...

To avoid AdBlock detection on YouTube, stick to reliable and frequently updated ad-blockers, try disabling JavaScript when detection warnings appear, change your DNS ...

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