Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kate O’Flaherty is a cybersecurity and privacy journalist. This article is more than 2 years old. YouTube is ramping up its ad ...

YouTube and ad blockers seem to mix like oil and water. On Monday, several Reddit users reported problems trying to play YouTube videos with an ad blocker enabled, as ...

YouTube denied further intensifying loading speed issues as part of its efforts to discourage ad blocker use. However, both Premium users and those using ad blockers have reported problems with the ...

YouTube admitted on Monday that it was purposely delaying loading times on its videos for a specific group of users. Featured Video The controversy arose after those ...

Addressing complaints that YouTube videos are taking extra long to load on Firefox, YouTube says it’s down to its efforts to keep the ads flowing. Addressing complaints that YouTube videos are taking ...

A few months ago, YouTube launched its fight to ban the use of Ad Blockers on the video-sharing platform. The efforts of YouTube to stop the usage of ad-blocking services while streaming video have ...

Adblock and Adblock Plus users report performance issues on YouTube, initially blamed on Google but later determined to be an issue in the popular ad-blocking extension. Adblock and Adblock Plus are ...

At this stage, you can't watch content on YouTube if you're using some of the popular ad-blocking solutions available. In other words, YouTube's ad blocker crackdown has seen some success. According ...