Asked for comment, a Google spokesperson told IGN 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."
reddit discus
https://old.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/13cfdbi/apparently_ad_blockers_are_not_allowed_on_youtube/?sort=controversial <- This is where it was originally first posted (1k Updoots and 1k cumments)
poster note: I tried adding all the 'its over' to capture the diversity that this decision will affect and was met with this
i do not feel bad at all
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bought premium after vanced stopped working, simply stop being poor
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Imagine giving money to youtubers
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Revanced
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It's so nice, it even automatically skips sponsored parts of videos
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It absorbed the functionality of sponsorblock which had been a PC extension for a long time
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For anyone with an LG TV (WebOS) you can also get ad free YouTube with sponsorblock
Only downside is you can't change video speed
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dude that's krazy
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Literally just use newpipe
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Literally just use an adblock
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Literally just stop watching videos. If you didn’t see it live it was not Gods will.
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King r-slur
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Vanced stopped working like a week ago tho?
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ReVanced works fine
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Ban i have a link?
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ReVanced apk
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Vanced ytmusic still works btw
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