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Google tightens the screws on YouTube ad blockers: three attempts and the video player will be blocked

GT – Gadget Tendency

By Robert Adams – June 29, 2023

Google has begun testing a more aggressive approach to users trying to watch videos on the YouTube video platform with ad blockers and without a paid subscription.

In May, the company set up an experiment where users without a paid subscription received a pop-up message warning that ad blockers were prohibited on the platform.

Now, some users have started complaining about the new, modified version of this dialog box, with similar wording but mentioning the new “three warnings” policy.

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