The most recent action by YouTube against ad-blocker users results in videos that skip and go directly to the end of the video. Users are frustrated because YouTube’s fight against ad-blockers is disrupting their viewing experiences.
YouTube has cracked down on adblocker users again, making many people unhappy as videos strangely jump to conclusions. The platform has intensified its anti-ad-blocker fight over the past few months.
Earlier only these taps would have appeared which told them to switch off their ad-blockers if they had any intention of watching videos but when ignored, the videos did not play at all compelling them to uninstall their ad-blockers or try other options.
End of Youtube Videos Fast-Forwarding
However, another fresh problem happened this week: for many users who use an ad blocker on YouTube, videos suddenly accelerate until they reach the climax.
Whatever you do, be it restarting a video or trying to select a specific section of it, the result will still be a sudden jump towards the end.
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This odd behavior seems only to affect viewers watching with ad blockers on turning such software off resumes smooth playback without any disruptions.
YouTube Endless Loading Loops
There’s also been reports of individuals constantly seeing loading circles while moving around inside a video this malfunction does not just occur during playback initiation alone. It is unknown whether this is what YouTube intentionally causes to discourage people from using ad-blocking software.
A bug occurred this year in AdBlock leading to the slow loading of videos which was first blamed on YouTube. Interestingly, most affected users now predominantly use AdBlock, with other ad-blockers showing no such anomalies.
However, there are just a few isolated cases identified without adblockers that do not happen to the majority.
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For frustrated users, videos end too soon or go on forever or actually looping thus leaving the platform almost unusable.
This dilemma forces a choice between enduring ads by disabling ad-blockers or switching to alternatives that don’t disrupt viewing.
In conclusion, it is unclear whether these problems are engineered by YouTube or they result from specified ad blockers. However, what is clear is that users are caught right in between YouTube and ad-blockers and as a consequence, their viewing has been disrupted.
As things stand now though the best answer seems to be to get rid of your ad-blocker but keep an eye out for future updates/fixes.
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