[Youtube Pop-Up] "Ad blockers are not allowed on Youtube"

MarsM4N · May 11, 2023

When watching videos yesterday, one Redditor encountered a popup informing them that "Ad blockers are not allowed on YouTube." :wtf:

Google has announced that it has begun experimenting with a feature that blocks users who have an ad blocker enabled on YouTube. Those who have seen the pop-up say they can ignore those options, and close the pop-up and continue blocking ads as usual – though for how long, who's to say?

Asked for comment, a Google spokesperson replied that it was a "small experiment." "We're running a small experiment globally that urges viewers with ad blockers enabled to allow ads on YouTube or try YouTube Premium," they said via email. "Ad blocker detection is not new, and other publishers regularly ask viewers to disable ad blockers."

YouTube begins warning: 'Ad blockers are not allowed'

Just a small experiment – for now?

www.theregister.com

So did anyone of you get the pop-up yet? :confused:

If you did, what blocker are you using? Since it's a limited rollout it would also be interesting to know in what region you are if you got the pop-up, so post below. I tested it on Firefox (with uBlock Origin) and MS Edge (with AdGuard) & I didn't get a pop-up. But with all the layoffs and the downward spiraling economy I wouldn't be surprised if they soon roll it out globally to please shareholders.

chrcoluk · May 11, 2023

Hmm seems like they potentially be going down the twitch path.

Hopefully it never becomes more than a nag box.

unwind-protect · May 11, 2023

I have so many adblockers in the browser profile I use for youtube it probably killed the nag box

Frick · May 11, 2023

I gave up and actually got Youtube Premium. Mo money less problems.

Arco · May 11, 2023

Hell no. Lemmie get 5 more adblocker real quick.

64K · May 11, 2023

No. I'm using Firefox and Adblock Plus

Just checked it and there was not a notice from Youtube.

Rithsom · May 11, 2023

The day ad blockers no longer work on YouTube will be the day I no longer use anything made by Google. Maybe I'll keep my Android phone, but that will be it.

I haven't seen the pop-up on my end yet (using uBlock Origin on Chrome/Windows and AdGuard on Chrome/mobile). I'll keep an eye out and post here if I see anything.

P4-630 · May 11, 2023

I was reading about this yesterday, I don't have seen this popup yet on youtube.

AsRock · May 11, 2023

Frick said:
I gave up and actually got Youtube Premium. Mo money less problems.

I never seen the ads but when i do i surly can go without youtube.

P4-630 · May 11, 2023

AsRock said:
i surly can go without youtube.

You sure you can do without:

??

A Computer Guy · May 11, 2023

I'm surprised they aren't doing something like locking the video playback at 320p if you skip ad's.

Space Lynx · May 11, 2023

ublock origin is still working. if they do this, I will just go to floatplane or play more games instead of watching youtube, i'm fine with either. i don't watch ads.

fuck'em, they already harvest all our data and sell it for their yacht club membership. fuck'em

replace asus with google in video title

Shou Miko · May 11, 2023

I am just using Brave no issues with Google bad ads, I wish I could have the same on my Apple 4K TV without paying because I am too lazy to use my iphone to cast so I never use the youtube app anyway.

Space Lynx · May 11, 2023

ublock origin isn't classified as an adblocker, so maybe thats why its still working for me.

nomdeplume · May 11, 2023

Space Lynx said:
ublock origin is still working. if they do this, I will just go to floatplane or play more games instead of watching youtube, i'm fine with either. i don't watch ads.

fuck'em, they already harvest all our data and sell it for their yacht club membership. fuck'em

replace asus with google in video title

Hilarious ^^^

I was seconds away from hitting post on a reply calling out in video ads as being the real nuisance YT viewers should be able to block. Right up there with a filter that terminates any instances of "Like subscribe and buy into my shill accessory account to fund meeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!

mb194dc · May 11, 2023

Google earnings probably starting to suffer so you can expect more things like this...

R0H1T · May 11, 2023

mb194dc said:
Google earnings probably starting to suffer so you can expect more things like this...

Suffer? They're raking in more eyeballs than ever, I've never seen that message before though. I wonder if the OP broke YT or something

Also there's one particular adblock I know that stops the annoying ads played between any video!

Frick · May 11, 2023

AsRock said:
I never seen the ads but when i do i surly can go without youtube.

The thing is the videos I do watch (mostly board game stuff and old Cracked) became a LOT more bearable so I enjoy them more. Also I mostly watch on a tablet with the app so there's that.

bug · May 11, 2023

MarsM4N said:
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When watching videos yesterday, one Redditor encountered a popup informing them that "Ad blockers are not allowed on YouTube." Google has announced that it has begun experimenting with a feature that blocks users who have an ad blocker enabled on YouTube. Those who have seen the pop-up say they can ignore those options, and close the pop-up and continue blocking ads as usual – though for how long, who's to say?

Asked for comment, a Google spokesperson replied that it was a "small experiment." "We're running a small experiment globally that urges viewers with ad blockers enabled to allow ads on YouTube or try YouTube Premium," they said via email. "Ad blocker detection is not new, and other publishers regularly ask viewers to disable ad blockers."

YouTube begins warning: 'Ad blockers are not allowed'

Just a small experiment – for now?

www.theregister.com

So did anyone of you get the pop-up yet? If you did, what blocker are you using? Since it's a limited rollout it would also be interesting to know in what region you are if you got the pop-up, so post below. I tested it on Firefox (with uBlock Origin) and MS Edge (with AdGuard) & I didn't get a pop-up. But with all the layoffs and the downward spiraling economy I wouldn't be surprised if they soon roll it out globally to please shareholders.

It's called A/B testing, it's random. You're not going to get any significant info from a random poll.
At the same time, I'm not sure what ads are there to block on youtube.com. The adds are videos, is there a blocker that blocks those?

R0H1T · May 11, 2023

Yes, like I said there's at least one adblocker that blocks them!

P4-630 · May 11, 2023

Haven't seen an ad in years on youtube (besides the way Linus and some others doing it) on my desktop/laptop... Neither that pop-up.

Nihillim · May 11, 2023

Firefox and uBlock Origin - nothing yet.

If they hadn't gotten so obnoxious with ads, I wouldn't be using an adblocker.
A couple ads at the start of a video, sure, I can deal with that.
A couple at the start, and 1 or 2 more, what feels like every 5 mins(depending on video length) - my interest in a video drains from the distraction, and I end up not finishing it.
I may as well play a game, read manga/webnovel, or touch more grass.
Every now and then, they sneak a minutes long ad on you - fortunately, those can be skipped.

dylricho · May 11, 2023

No.

Use Opera daily. Also using Edge at the moment as a secondary.

Space Lynx · May 11, 2023

Nihillim said:
Firefox and uBlock Origin - nothing yet.

If they hadn't gotten so obnoxious with ads, I wouldn't be using an adblocker.
A couple ads at the start of a video, sure, I can deal with that.
A couple at the start, and 1 or 2 more, what feels like every 5 mins(depending on video length) - my interest in a video drains from the distraction, and I end up not finishing it.
I may as well play a game, read manga/webnovel, or touch more grass.
Every now and then, they sneak a minutes long ad on you - fortunately, those can be skipped.

exactly, back in the day when it was a single 4-6 second ad, i was fine with that. they kept pushing it and pushing it, etc. greedy fucks brought this upon themselves.

ublock origin til i die boys!

mb194dc · May 11, 2023

R0H1T said:
Suffer? They're raking in more eyeballs than ever, I've never seen that message before though. I wonder if the OP broke YT or something

Also there's one particular adblock I know that stops the annoying ads played between any video!

Yes they're in decline, obviously they make a lot of money. Revenue is still up, in nominal terms, 2.61%. I expect they'll see pretty significant revenue decline as well through the incoming recession. So they're likely to clamp down on things that are hurting them financially. If you look, you'll see signs of distress at other mega caps, like Amazon paying people to collect because they lose billions on delivery...

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