YouTube Tests New Kind of Unskippable Ad
Image: PixieMe (Shutterstock) YouTube appears to be stepping up its long war on ad blockers this week. The creator of SponsorBlock, a crowdsourced ad blocker, posted a tweet on Wednesday…
Meta Tests Holding Your Instagram Hostage With Unscrollable Ads
Meta is testing unskippable Instagram ads, first reported by TechCrunch on Monday, alongside the patience of every user who has to put up with the feature. The unskippable ads, which…
YouTube’s Crackdown on Adblockers Makes Videos Unwatchable
YouTube has been at war with adblockers for quite some time now and has employed various tactics to keep users off those extensions. Its most recent defense strategy is to…
Apple’s Safari Browser May Let You Erase Ads Completely With New AI Makeover
Apple is reportedly planning to take a bite out of Arc Search for its next big Safari update.Photo: Kyle Barr / Gizmodo Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome are already being…
Google Wants to Show You More YouTube Ads When You Pause Videos
Image: PixieMe (Shutterstock) If you already hate ads on YouTube, then you’re going to have a bad time with Pause Ads. During its earnings calls on Thursday, Google crowed about…
YouTube’s Ad Blocker Crackdown Is Getting Harder to Dodge
Image: PixieMe (Shutterstock) The best part about one company revolutionizing video-sharing on the internet is that it gets the say in how awful that experience can be. After beginning to…
YouTube Threatens to Cut Off Ad Blocker Users After Just Three Ad-less Vids
YouTube continues to push Premium even as the family plans have recently become more expensive.Image: PixieMe Google is trying out a new show of force to keep users from watching…
If you have a smart TV, you need an ad-blocker
Advertising is the deal with the devil we make for inexpensive hardware and services, but we can still fight back.