YouTube has now begun skipping movies altogether for customers with advert blockers

Abstract

• YouTube is cracking down on advert blockers, testing ways like slowing down video load occasions and skipping movies to push customers in direction of Premium.
• Some customers are experiencing points like no sound, caught movies, and movies skipping all the best way to the tip when utilizing advert blockers.
• Regardless of efforts, customers are discovering workarounds through particular browser extensions and VPNs to observe ad-free YouTube movies.

Google-owned YouTube succeeded in shutting down the favored third-party YouTube Vanced app again in 2022 to encourage extra customers to pay and be a part of YouTube Premium in the event that they’re in search of an ad-free expertise. Within the subsequent yr, the streaming platform declared warfare in opposition to advert blockers and confirmed that it had a Uno reverse card up its sleeve when it began testing blocking advert blockers.

Later in 2023, customers reported being unable to play YouTube movies if the platform detected an advert blocker, paired with the platform giving customers three strikes or three movies the place advert blockers had been allowed to operate, after which playback would turn out to be unavailable.

Quick-forward to January 2024, and the streaming platform was reportedly testing slowing down video load occasions for customers with advert blockers enabled. Now, doubtless as a part of a brand new take a look at, YouTube customers with advert blockers put in are reporting movies skipping straight to the tip upon playback. As shared by 9to5Google, video playback resumes to regular when the advert blocker is disabled.

Some customers on Reddit have additionally reported no audio in YouTube movies when utilizing an advert blocker, whereas others stated that their movies get caught when loading. Once more, the issue disappears when the person disables their advert blocker. Reddit person SDHD4K confirmed what YouTube’s newest tactic seems to be like:

“There is not any sound every time I exploit advert blocker on YT. you’ll be able to alter the quantity slider for a second then it goes mute once more,” wrote person freemanhl2 on the Reddit thread, whereas person Vampirehedgehog wrote, “Oh my god that is taking place to me too! It is so annoying I am unable to determine what’s flawed. Nicely no less than I am not the one one who’s having this downside.”

Customers have discovered workarounds

The streaming platform is dedicated to its ad-supported income mannequin and desires to make sure that the one manner you do not see adverts is by choosing a Premium membership. Nevertheless, adamant customers have discovered workarounds. Some customers on the above-mentioned Reddit thread point out that utilizing extensions similar to uBlock Origin nonetheless works as meant, whereas others have resorted to utilizing plugins like Advert Speedup that routinely velocity up adverts on YouTube by as much as 16x.

Alternatively, customers have additionally discovered that utilizing a VPN and setting your location to Albania will mean you can keep away from YouTube adverts. That is doubtless as a result of Google’s advert platform doesn’t help the Albanian language simply but. We examined and located the loophole to be engaged on each cell and desktop.