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It's 2026. If you're still using ad blockers to watch YouTube instead of paying for YouTube Premium, we need to have a talk.

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Do your YouTube videos suddenly feel like they are crawling or taking a long time to load? It might not be your internet connection. A growing chorus of user reports suggests that YouTube might be ...

In what many users are calling the latest move in its ongoing battle against ad blockers, YouTube is increasingly displaying missing comments and sometimes even video ...

It may not be your imagination — YouTube might be slowing down your videos if you use an ad-blocker. PCWorld spotted new rumors floating online on Reddit and elsewhere that folks using ad-blockers are ...

There were thousands of reports of YouTube being down earlier today. It turns out that YouTube is working fine. The problem is that the platform rolled out a big anti-ad blocker update. YouTube has ...