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YouTube's Latest Move Against Ad Blockers: Video Delays
YouTube is deliberately slowing video loading for users with ad blockers enabled, in what appears to be an escalation in Google's campaign...
Multiple users acrossReddit and the Brave browser forum report videos displaying black screens for the typical duration of pre-roll ads before content begins playing. It looks like specific user accounts previously flagged for ad-blocking behavior are being targeted, potentially bypassing detection methods that extension developers typically use to counter YouTube's measures. For what it's worth, YouTube recently introduced a Premium Lite plan for $7.99/month that removes ads for most videos, excluding music content, Shorts, and when you search or browse.
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