It seems that Google – and more specifically YouTube – is taking a measure to prevent its users from using adblockers with the aim of avoiding the advertisements that appear before and during the videos. As several users have been able to verify, The platform slows down considerably when someone views a video with Adblock; one of the most popular ad blocking extensions for Chrome.
The users They are not clear if it is something intentional on the part of YouTubeor is it simply a bug that could be solved with an update of the aforementioned adblocker. However, they have found that the player freezes or that YouTube even uses up all CPU usage when a video is playing, he says. The Verge.
In Hypertextual We have been able to verify that, with Adblock activated, Video playback is extremely slow. There are cuts, loading problems and a considerable slowdown when selecting an option in the desktop player, such as the resolution adjustment or simply the playback bar. We have also been able to verify that all these problems disappear in another browser, where there is no ad blocker activated. It is also solved by deactivating the aforementioned extension.
YouTube confirms that it is not intentional
YouTube, for its part, has confirmed that the slowdowns in the videos are not the result of a measure they are taking against ad blockers. “Recent reports of users experiencing loading delays on YouTube are not related to our ad blocker detection efforts,” a company spokesperson told the portal. Android Central.
Everything seems to indicate, therefore, that the problems with playback on YouTube They are caused by the latest Adblock and Adblock Plus updates. These are currently at version 5.17 and 3.22, respectively.
The solution, therefore, is disable Adblock. Or, instead, opt for another extension that blocks ads while the developer of the aforementioned adblocker working on a new update to fix the bug.
In any case, it would not be strange if YouTube took a similar measure to prevent users from avoiding the ads that appear in the videos. In fact, the platform has already taken several measures in this regard. Among them, one that prevented the viewing of their videos – something they finally eliminated.