As Prime Video turns into ad-laced television, I paid Rs 1,499 only to get interrupted and then was asked to pay Rs 699 more ...

There’s a moment every YouTube viewer dreads: you settle in, hit play, and two unskippable pre-rolls yell about crypto or ...

In the long-forgotten era of appointment television, broadcast viewers had no choice but to let commercials interrupt the show. Videocassette recorders liberated us in the ’80s with their novel power ...

YouTube blocks playback for ad blocker users. Learn why and what it means for your rights and streaming experience.

Even if you buy the Prime Video ad free add-on, Amazon says some ads and promotional trailers will still be unskippable.

YouTube may be throttling playback for ad blocker users, while also preparing to roll out longer, unskippable ad formats ...

YouTube has become one of the internet’s most popular destinations for video content—but it’s also a battleground.

YouTube continues its war on ad blockers, recently showing a notice that confirms videos are slightly slowed down for ...

Google's aggressive campaign against ad-blockers in YouTube has now taken a turn for the worse, after reigning down on the remaining few loopholes in browsers and third-party extensions that allowed ...

Since around January 2025, there have been a series of reports of YouTube displaying unskippable ads that last for several hours. Since these ads are being displayed to users of 'ad blockers' that ...

Normally, unskippable ads on YouTube are limited to 15 seconds in duration. However, Google admits that they’re making an effort to identify ad-blocking users and discourage them from using ad ...

Users with ad blockers are reporting seeing hourslong unskippable ads. Users with ad blockers are reporting seeing hourslong unskippable ads. Google has denied reports that it’s serving ...