News Summary

• A new wave of slowdowns is hitting users, with the only resolutions being disabling the ad blocker or upgrading to premium.To combat the increasing frequency of ads on YouTube, people have employed the use of ad blockers for years..
• Of course, pre-video ads are a huge source of income for the service, and the only way to avoid them without the use of a third-party application is to pay YouTube directly for premium.YouTube has since started discouraging the use of ad blockers in a couple of ways..
• YouTube has recently started slowing the entire site when an ad blocker is being used, referring to it as “suboptimal viewing.”According to a post on Reddit, multiple users have noted that YouTube has become laggy and unresponsive, seemingly all of a sudden..
• It was quickly discovered that disabling whichever ad blocker is being used immediately revitalizes the site.It’s time for a new video site, not from Google..
• The first is with a pop-up message that reads, “Ad blockers violate YouTube’s Term of Service.” The message then suggests you turn off your ad blocker..
• YouTube recently started slowing down its entire site whenever ad blockers are used..