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A few months ago, YouTube launched its fight to ban the use of Ad Blockers on the video-sharing platform. The efforts of YouTube to stop the usage of ad-blocking services while streaming video have been met with serious resistance. Users who make use of this service to avoid viewing ads while streaming are kicking against YouTube’s decision.
In their argument, these users argue that the way YouTube is handling users of ad blockers is a bit extra. The video streaming platform plans to ban those using ad-blocking services when video streaming. These users are already getting prompts discouraging them from using these extensions and services on the YouTube platform.
Users also argue that the number of ads YouTube places in videos on their platform is excessive. Others argue that the price of the monthly subscription is too much for them to afford, hence the need to rely on ad blockers. The users making these complaints are just part of the small demographics where YouTube is testing this restriction.
Despite the resistance, YouTube seems determined to stop the usage of Ad Blockers on its platform
A few years ago, YouTube launched its Premium service for streamers around the world. With this service, streamers could pay a monthly subscription fee and enjoy the opportunity to stream without viewing ads. Once official, most users didn’t like this service because of its pricing, which now costs $13.99 per month.
Users of the streaming platform, not wanting to pay the subscription fee and not wanting to see ads, came up with a workaround. These users turned their attention to using ad blockers while streaming on YouTube. With these ad blockers, streamers can watch videos online without seeing ads, and they don’t need a Premium subscription.
But this action is against YouTube’s Terms of Service, and the money generated from ads pays creators on the platform. For this reason, YouTube is working to ban users of ad blockers from their platform. These users will get a warning to stop using ad blockers while streaming and instead subscribe to Premium to stream without ads.
Failure to disable the ad blocker will lead to the user’s ban from YouTube’s video streaming platform. YouTube doesn’t seem to pay much attention to those resisting the fight against ad blockers on the platform. If you use any ad-blocking service on YouTube, you’ll soon get a prompt to stop, or else risk an account ban.