YouTube strengthens its “enforcement on third-party apps” violating its ToS, “specifically ad-blocking apps”, leading to error messages and “buffering issues”
this time blocking third-party apps Vallari Sanzgiri / MediaNama : Buffering Ahead: YouTube to Limit Video Access via Ad-Blocking Apps Codrut Nistor / Notebookcheck : Google renews its assault on YouTube ad blockers Hindustan Times : YouTube makes it difficult to use Ad blockers, third party apps as content creators lose revenue Mini Games / The Indian Express : YouTube initiates ‘enforcement’ on third-party apps that disable ads Laurent Giret / Thurrott : YouTube Starts Cracking Down on Third-Party Ad-Blocking Apps Abdullah / Gizchina : YouTube Expands Crackdown on Ad Blockers, Targeting Third-Party Apps Rupesh / RM Update News : YouTube enforcement third-party apps that block ads Alex Ivanovs / Stack Diary : YouTube is taking action against third-party apps that block ads The Hindu : YouTube takes aim at your third-party ad-blocking apps Cosmin Vasile / PhoneArena : YouTube takes action against third-party apps that block ads Mike Viray / Phandroid : YouTube Doubles-down on Ad Blockers once Again Charlesarthur / The Overspill : Start Up No.2201: Israel's AI targeting machine, Twitter to charge new users to post, be an energy patriot!, Intercept struggles, and more Harsh Shivam New Delhi / Business Standard : YouTube extends crackdown to ad-blocking third-party mobile apps: Details Adamya Sharma / Android Authority : Are you happy with the state of YouTube in 2024? X: Ishan Agarwal / @ishanagarwal24 : It's finally happening — YouTube has announced a crackdown on Ad-blocking software & third-party mod apps. If you block ads on your browser or use a modified app, you might not be able to access videos at all or face buffering issues. Appropriate actions may be taken against developers who make violate YouTube API ToS. Thoughts? Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life : Enshitification is now the primary innovation happening at YouTube. [image] @dexerto : “Viewers who are using these third-party apps may experience buffering issues or see the error “The following content is not available on this app” when trying to watch a video,” it reads. https://www.dexerto.com/... Malik Prince / @malikprince : Here's the thing, if someone told me I could only keep one subscription (other than Game Pass 😊) it'd be YouTube Premium. I've had it for almost 10 years and can confidently say no ads will change your life if you're a regular YouTube watcher. If you can afford it, get it. Forums: Hacker News : YouTube cracking down even harder to punish user for skipping ads r/degoogle : YouTube puts third-party clients on notice: Show ads or get blocked r/privacy : YouTube puts third-party clients on notice: Show ads or get blocked r/NewPipe : YouTube will start blocking third-party clients that don't show ads r/Piracy : YouTube's ad blocker crackdown now includes third-party apps