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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I just opened YouTube and it tried to make me upload a video of myself or a photoID to my account? Wtf lmaoooo
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https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/10071085?hl=en
Nah it's real for some countries.
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In most states you don't even need an ID for liquor if you look old enough. Truly America is #1
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Also clearly black market cigarettes for half the normal price! :D
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