YouTube is using pop-up ads to tell users to stop using ad-blockers while watching videos.
YouTube is using pop-up ads to tell users to stop using ad-blockers while watching videos.
  • YouTube is cracking down on the use of ad blockers.
  • Users are complaining of a pop-up warning against the use of ad blockers.
  • YouTube started testing a feature to detect ad blockers in June.

It's getting harder to avoid watching ads on YouTube.

Users on X, formerly known as Twitter, and other social media sites, have complained of a new pop-up on YouTube warning against the use of ad blockers in the last week.