YouTube Will Skip Entire Videos If You Have Ad Blockers Installed

YouTube has been going hard against ad blockers for the last couple of years. Fromshutting down the Vanced appin 2022 to blocking video playback for users using an ad blocker. In the meantime, they are also shoving more ads in videos, pushing users to buy their “Premium” paid subscription and ensuring that it is the only way that users can watch videos without ads.

In their latest attempt, YouTube seems to beskipping videos directly to the endif you have an ad blocker installed. Asreported by 9to5Google, when you disable the ad blocker, the video plays in its entirety as it would. However, turning on the ad blocker will fast-forward the video to the end screen.

Besides this,users on Redditalso mentioned that this issue occurs when you try to replay the video. In case you try to skip to any particular section of the video then thevideo will buffer endlessly. Otherusers mentionedthat videos play without any sound. Playing around with the volume slider brings back audio for a second then it goes mute again. You can see this in action in this video by Reddit user u/SDHD4K.New Youtube adblock weird behaviour – video automatically skips to the endbyu/SDHD4Kinyoutube

At this point, it seems that YouTube is willing to try every trick in the book to have users stop using ad blockers. Ads are one of thebiggest revenue sourcesfor the platform aside from the Premium subscription. But adamant users aren’t backing down either. They are finding new and creative ways to circumvent ads, be it new extensions or YouTube clients like NewPipe.

What is your stance on this topic; do you agree with YouTube’s new tactics against ad blockers? Let us know in the comments below.

Anshuman Jain

As a tech journalist, I dive into the ever-evolving tech landscape with a particular interest for smartphones, apps, and gaming. With a passion for sharing insights, my articles blend expertise with a friendly touch—think of me as your friendly neighborhood tech support.

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