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YouTube's Crackdown on Ad Blockers Is Making It Miserable to Use
Futurism via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe Google-owned YouTube recently doubled down its neverending campaign against ad-blocking...
Google Chrome change that weakens ad blockers begins June 3rd
BleepingComputer· 3 days agoGoogle is continuing with its plan to phase out Manifest V2 extensions in Chrome starting in early...
YouTube and ad blockers: Who's in the right?
Android Authority· 5 days agoThe latest installment of the YouTube against ad blockers saga has brought a new twist. The natural response of some is to claim that ...
YouTube is becoming unwatchable after a crackdown on ad blockers
Quartz· 7 days agoYouTube has been at war with ad blockers for quite some time now and has employed various tactics to keep users off those extensions.
YouTube Tests AI Feature to Let You Generate Background Images in Shorts
Gadgets 360· 3 hours agoYouTube is testing a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature for its minute-long vertical video format, Shorts. Dubbed Dream Screen, this feature will add a custom green ...
Leaked Google database reveals some of its worst privacy failings
TechSpot· 5 hours agoIn brief: Google has made privacy mistakes in the past that were made public, but what about those we don't know about? A leaked internal database from the company has revealed ...
Instagram tests forcing users to watch adverts
BBC via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoSome users have responded by turning to ad blocking tools and browser extensions as a way around adverts that interrupt videos on the platform. Google,...
Google set to phase out Manifest V2 in a few days, breaking many ad blockers
TechSpot· 4 days agoThe Year of Firefox: Google initially announced the Manifest V3 API in 2018, but the new extension technology was delayed several times because of the intrinsic limitations ...
Instagram is testing ads that can't be skipped
Quartz· 4 hours agoThe unskippable ads, which some users shared their experience with on other social media platforms this weekend, force users to sit through a timed ad...
YouTube is 19 years old. Here's a timeline of how it was founded and grew to become king of video,...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 7 days agoIn August 2007, Google rolled out its first ads on YouTube videos. YouTube is using pop-up ads to...