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YouTube slows down the platform on purpose, and you can only speed it up by disabling the ad blocker or signing up for a premium subscription. Advertising is a huge source of revenue for YouTube, and the company has been fighting blockers for years that prevent it from being viewed. Last year in May, the […]
The video platform YouTube has decided to experiment with ads on smart TVs, making them longer but less frequent. Users now see a countdown timer that shows when ads can be skipped or when they will end. The advertising has also spread to Shorts.com’s short videos. This means that YouTube is trying to increase its […]
Google has announced that it will disable the Manifest V2 API in the Chrome browser, which is used to power most ad blockers and other extensions. Google will completely switch to the Manifest V3 API, and users will lose the ability to install plugins based on the Manifest V2 API. Extensions will start to be […]
YouTube users who use ad blockers have experienced a five-second delay when loading videos, which disappears when the user switches to the Google Chrome browser. This is reported by Android Authoruty. It turns out that this is a new YouTube tactic that aims to encourage viewers to subscribe to YouTube Premium, which provides access to […]
The next few years will be marked by elections in many countries, and EU officials are trying to make political advertising on the Internet more transparent. Big tech firms will face new European Union rules to clearly label political ads on their platforms, who paid for them and how much, and which elections the ads […]
Previously, Google’s restriction on ad blockers on YouTube was just a small experiment, but now the company has started its global implementation. Over the past few weeks, many users with ad blockers installed have found that they cannot watch videos on YouTube. According to Android Authority, the number of such reviews has grown rapidly. YouTube […]
Microsoft has started encouraging software developers to use Store advertising, which allows developers to improve the placement of their apps in the store. In its blog, the company says that the ads are created ‘to help developers grow their business by showing their apps or games to the right customers at the right time in […]