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YouTube threatens to disable videos if you don’t do this shocking thing
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YouTube threatens to disable videos if you don’t do this shocking thing

[ad_1] YouTube, the popular video-sharing platform, is taking extreme measures to discourage the use of ad blockers among its users. In a recent internal test, the company is experimenting with a feature that could lead to the temporary disabling of videos for those who have ad blockers enabled. This move comes as YouTube aims to uphold its Terms of Service, which state that ad blockers violate their policies. Considering that ad blockers provide some much-needed relief to users, this will be a really unpleasant thing to do.The discovery of this test was first made by a Reddit user, and YouTube has since confirmed the experiment's existence. According to a spokesperson from the company, the experiment is being conducted on a global scale, The Verge reported. When users with ad blockers ...