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Alert! YouTube launches global crackdown against ad blockers
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Alert! YouTube launches global crackdown against ad blockers

[ad_1] YouTube has announced yet another crackdown on ad-blockers blocking the platform for those who have similar add-ons enabled. The effort was initially launched in June, with YouTube confirming to The Verge that it had rolled out a “small experiment globally that urges viewers with ad blockers enabled to allow ads on YouTube or try YouTube Premium”. Now, the initiative has gone global, with multiple users reporting not being able to watch videos on YouTube if they have an ad-blocker enabled. Let us take a closer look. Crackdown on ad-blockersAccording to a report by The Verge, YouTube has launched “launched a global effort” that encourages users to either watch videos with ads or subscribe to YouTube Premium, YouTube communications manager Christopher Lawton has confirmed. But why?...