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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If they want people to buy youtube premium they need to make a cheaper version without all the extra shit no one wants like youtube music or tv
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Yeah, and cable TV networks need to sell channels on a per-channel basis
Let me know when you get that wish (and your pony.)
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yt music iz gud
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I probably use 4-5 hours of YouTube music every day. Can't imagine dealing with ads, it'd be like listening to FM
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the only glitch is it plays lowbitrate video versions while playing an album
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just give a family pack like netflix
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