YouTube Just Started a New Round Ad Blocker Bans

Friday, June 06, 2025

Jun 6 2025

Last year, YouTube made its stance clear. If you want to watch videos with YouTube you'll either need to watch ads or pay for Premium. Ad blockers were no longer going to be allowed.

For viewers with an ad blocker installed, YouTube would prevent playback until it was turned off, and it was pretty effective at stopping many popular blockers.

That hasn't stopped many from trying to get around the restrictions.

Posted by Corky at 03:33 PM | 5 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry |

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"For a while, many have been using various loopholes to continue to block ads on YouTube.

Over the past 24 hours, YouTube appears to have strengthened its protection against this means of access, with viewers now seeing "Ad blockers are not allowed on YouTube" and "Ad blockers violate YouTube's terms of service" widely yet again."

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Yeah, they canned my Ublock Origin, Adblock, and both my ad skippers! I may have turn Winscribe back on.

What I did do was download the Brave browser, which was neat and easy; it allows you to use your Google and YT acct and settings... and am using it for YT until the Blockers catch up again.

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-06-06 03:39 PM | Reply

I just subscribed to Nebula. Lots of great video essayists on there from YouTube (e.g., LegalEagle, Not Just Bikes, MuneCat, Philosphy Tube, Lindsay Ellis, F.D. Signifier, CityNerd, &etc.), extended and unreleased content as compared with their YouTube channels. Also no ads, because you're paying the creators for the quality content. (I got 40% off through this link: go.nebula.tv)

#2 | Posted by hamburglar at 2025-06-06 05:46 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

"#1 | Posted by Corky"

I still use ublock origin even though YouTube says that it is not supported and it works fine. Right now, they have the popup notification, but that only comes up when you first open a browser tab and will not repeat after.

However, if they force me to view adds, I think I will just continue my de-coupling from Google. I will use Rumble or a different platform. I have already stopped using Google for search and maps. YouTube is probably next and then it will be Chrome itself.

#3 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-06-06 07:38 PM | Reply

---- off ------. Nobody cares.

#4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-06-06 07:40 PM | Reply

"#4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead"

And yet here you are - running over to sniff my chair - AGAIN. You need help.

#5 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-06-06 08:55 PM | Reply