YouTube began cracking down on ad blockers earlier this year, but things escalated this month when it blocked anyone trying to watch YouTube through apps, add-ons, and extensions that skip its ads.
It has even affected many YouTube viewers who don’t use workarounds, as Firefox or Edge users reportedly have to wait about five seconds every time they load a video. In screen recordings shared on Reddit and other online forums, users show how their screen goes blank for a brief period when they click on a YouTube video before the page loads, but we couldn’t replicate this on Engadget .
According to code found by some Y Combinator and Reddit users, Google’s ad blocking mechanism may be causing the delays. The company said that users with ad blockers installed “may experience suboptimal viewing,” no matter which browser they use.
-Mat Smith
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