YouTube has announced an expansion of its ban on ad block plugins to further restrict third-party apps that block ads. Users who watch YouTube videos through external apps with ad blocking functions may encounter video buffering issues or receive a message stating “The following content is not available on this app,” preventing them from viewing the videos.
The reasoning behind this is similar to YouTube’s guidelines on blocking ad blockers since last year. This is to ensure creators receive a share of revenue from their work, and the platform has funds from ads to improve its system. If users prefer not to view ads, the alternative is to subscribe to YouTube Premium.
In the case of blocking through third-party apps, YouTube states that the use of APIs already has terms of use in place, and blocking ads violates these terms.
Source: YouTube
TLDR: YouTube expands ban on ad block plugins to limit third-party apps from blocking ads. Users may experience issues when viewing videos through ad-blocking apps and are encouraged to subscribe to YouTube Premium as an alternative. Violating the terms of API usage by blocking ads through third-party apps.
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