YouTube Is Cracking Down on Third-party Apps That Block Ads

Skillet— YouTube is blocking third-party apps with ad blockers from streaming videos. The change follows other crackdowns on ad blockers on YouTube's part.

TechSpot—Google is cracking down on third-party apps that block YouTube ads. In a support document, Google said that users attempting to access YouTube videos through third-party apps with built-in ad-blocking could experience buffering issues or see an error that reads "The following content is not available on this app."Read Entire Article

Ars Technica—YouTube puts third-party clients on notice: Show ads or get blocked. Google would really like it if everyone just paid for YouTube Premium instead.

Engadget—YouTube prevents ad-blocking mobile apps from accessing its videos. YouTube's war with ad blockers is far from over, and it's focusing on tools that enable ad-free viewing on mobile this time. The Google-owned video platform has announced that it's "strengthening [its] enforcement on third-party apps that violate" its Terms of Service, "specifically ad-blocking apps." It's talking about mobile applications you can use to access videos without being interrupted by advertisements. When you use an application like that, you may experience buffering issues or see an...