YouTube has officially banned the use of third-party ad blocking applications, citing it as a violation of their service. The ban was first announced in October 2023, following a smaller ban in June. The new rules now extend to third-party video player applications that have built-in ad blocking. YouTube claims that blocking ads prevents content creators from being rewarded for views and supports billions of users worldwide. Users are advised to join the paid YouTube Premium program if they wish to avoid ads. Tricks to bypass the ban, such as using AdGuard, will result in content being unavailable in the application.
YouTube officially announced its plans to ban the use of third-party ad blocking applications. This is considered a violation of the service.
As a reminder, in 2023, October to be precise, this video streaming giant has strictly banned the use of ad blockers, following a small-scale ban in June.
Now it seems that YouTube’s new rules not only prohibit the use of ad blockers, but also the use of third-party ad blocking applications.
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In its latest announcement YouTube specifically mentions ad blocking applications, but according to a report from GSMArena it also refers to third-party video player applications that have built-in ad blocking.
One example of an ad blocking application is AdGuard which allows users to open YouTube directly in the application. That way, users can watch YouTube without being disturbed by advertisements.
However, this trick may not be able to be used again. If the user still insists on using this trick, an error will appear saying that the following content is not available in this application.
YouTube insists that its terms do not allow third-party apps to disable ads, as doing so prevents content creators from being rewarded for views, and Ads on YouTube help to support content creators and enable billions of people around the world to use the streaming service.
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As usual, at the end of the announcement, YouTube advises users to join the paid YouTube Premium program if they don’t like the ads that appear in the middle of videos. (FY/IF)
