YouTube is running an experiment asking some users to disable their ad blockers or pay for a premium subscription, or they will not be allowed to watch videos. As first spotted by a Reddit user this ...

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 ...

There is a growing trend among users to look beyond the convenience of paying to remove ads or blocking them in a browser. Some want to know what it would take for consumers to turn ads off. AdGuard ...

YouTube recently took dramatic action against anyone visiting its site with an ad blocker running — after a few pieces of content, it'll simply stop serving you videos. If you want to get past the ...

Uh-oh. Do you use an ad blocker? You probably do. But if you also like to use YouTube, you may soon have to turn off that handy dandy ad skipper. YouTube is starting ...

YouTube is suddenly taking a harder stance against ad blockers, and it’ll cut viewers off after three videos if they’re unwilling to turn them off. YouTube is suddenly taking a harder stance against ...

YouTube's parent company Google is testing out a new method of stopping ad blocker users from browsing countless YouTube's videos without being exposed to a single advertisement. Google has been ...

Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Senior Technology Editor. He has a BFA in Film & TV from NYU, where he specialized in writing. Jake has been helping people with their technology professionally since ...

Jeff Werner is a software engineer and has been writing this column since 2007. Question: On a very few web sites I receive a message that says disable ad blocker to continue (foxnews.com is one site, ...

PCMag editors select and review products independently. If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing. YouTube began its crackdown against ad-blockers a ...