Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for nearly a decade. His team covers all things technology, including AI, smartphones, computers, game consoles, ...

I recently sided with Netflix, saying the company's password-sharing ban is warranted. I won't get into any of that again. But that's something you need to know before I explain why I think YouTube ...

Update: October 31, 2023 (11:26 PM ET): After our original report about an increasing number of users being unable to use ad blockers on YouTube, the platform has confirmed to The Verge that it has ...

The YouTube ad blocker crackdown is well underway, with the streaming service issuing annoying pop ups to people who continue to use the privacy preserving tools on its website. The YouTube ad blocker ...

YouTube is cracking down on the use of ad blockers on its site, with the Google-owned streaming service warning people to disable the privacy-preserving tools. YouTube is cracking down on the use of ...

Users watching YouTube videos through an ad blocking app could encounter performance issues or an error message. Users watching YouTube videos through an ad blocking ...

Not everyone who runs an ad blocker in their browser is going to see this message. A YouTube employee confirmed via Reddit that the pop-up is just an experiment. Whether it gets used more widely will ...

Many users report that YouTube videos automatically skip to the end or muting video if they are using an ad blocker, making it impossible for them to watch the video. The issue began yesterday, and ...

YouTube ads have gotten way out of hand in recent years, but despite that, ads are still necessary to handle the costs of running the world’s largest video platform, and paying the millions of ...

The YouTube ad blocker crackdown that began in 2023 is not yet over, and while the company already effected the changes against these kinds of services, it is now moving against third-party apps that ...