Vinegar blocks all YouTube ads and restores features like playing videos in the background and picture-in-picture on iPhone, iPad and Mac.

Google’s war on ad blockers is just gearing up, with YouTube doing its best to detect and block ad blockers and Chrome aiming to roll out the ad block-limiting Manifest V3 extension platform in June ...

The YouTube ad blocker cat-and-mouse game between Google and ad blockers continues with a new episode that might deliver a big win to Google. The company has been trying to ban ad blocker extensions ...

Using an ad blocker to watch YouTube videos will help you avoid the ads that Google shoves down our throats. Google obviously isn't a fan of the practice, and I previously explained why ads are ...

Google’s journey toward Chrome’s “Manifest V3” has been happening for four years now, and if the company’s new timeline holds up, we’ll all be forced to switch to it in year 5. “Manifest V3” is the ...

Some YouTube viewers with ad-blocking extensions are now seeing black screens for a few seconds before a video plays. These black screens could be ads that haven’t ...

Bottom line: After years of delaying the adoption of Manifest V3, Google is now moving forward and accelerating the process. Soon, users will have to choose between accepting Chrome's inferior ...