YouTube is reportedly creating one other option to crack down on third-party advert blockers, because the video streaming platform seems to extend income from customers who do not have a YouTube Premium subscription. It’s speculated that this variation might mix the video and advert streams, stopping common browser plugins from blocking these adverts from being displayed. This improvement comes weeks after customers reported about movies robotically skipping to the top when utilizing third-party advert blockers on the Alphabet-owned video streaming service.

YouTube reportedly combining video and advert streams

In a post on X (previously Twitter), SponsorBlock a plugin that skips previous sponsored sections of YouTube movies claims that YouTube is merging adverts on to the video stream. At current, movies and adverts are mentioned to be two separate components. The participant robotically pauses the video to show the adverts at specified timestamps.

With this variation, the video stream is a steady one, which means third-party advert blockers might not have the ability to block them anymore, in keeping with SponsorBlock. The open-source browser extension mentioned that it could not have the ability to perform correctly if server-side adverts are launched, as “all timestamps are offset by the advert instances.”

YouTube’s crackdown on advert blockers continues

Customers with advert blockers enabled reported final month that they have been dealing with one other subject – movies have began to robotically skip to the top. Within the YouTube subreddit, a person reported that they have been unable to look at movies when an advert blocker is turned on. The person additionally allegedly tried to skip to sure sections of the video, however it seems to fast-forward to the top robotically.

In some instances the place some customers have been capable of circumvent this subject, the audio playback disappeared. This meant whereas they have been capable of watch the video, the audio was lacking.

This crackdown is imagined to be a part of YouTube’s “international effort” taking over advert blockers. As per the video-streaming platform, these packages, usually offered as browser plugins, violate its API providers’ phrases of service.