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Why is YouTube banning ad blockers?

YouTube is cracking down on ad blockers because they violate its Terms of Service. Shortly after the ban started last year, Google targeted browser extensions, before cracking down on third party apps available on smartphones and tablets.

Does Youtube have ad blockers?

Google YouTube’s crackdown on ad blockers has just ramped up further, with the streaming platform introducing new measures to stop users from using the privacy-preserving technology on its site. YouTube is currently experimenting with server-side ad injection, ad blocking tool SponsorBlock has discovered.

Is YouTube's ad blocker detection system a violation of privacy?

Hanff argues that YouTube’s ad blocker detection system is a violation of privacy — a charge Google denies — and illegal under EU law. “AdBlock detection scripts are spyware — there is no other way to describe them and as such it is not acceptable to deploy them without consent,” Hanff tells The Verge.

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