News Summary

• Ron Amadeo - Jan 15, 2024 9:36 pm UTC YouTube appeared to be continuing its war on ad blockers, with users complaining that the company was slowing down the site for users it catches running an ad blocker..
• The top comment says, "I thought there was something wrong with my internet connection," while another high-ranking user's comment was to plan to reinstall Chrome.This post was updated on January 15 at 4:20 pm ET with Adblock Plus' bug report information and developer Raymond Hill's statement..
• Turning off the ad blocker immediately improves loading performance, with the white line on YouTube's progress bar showing significantly more buffering runway..
• Earlier, the company was caught adding a five-second delay to the initial site load for ad blockers..
• The company previously has been showing pop-up messages saying ad blockers violate YouTube terms of service..
• The straightforward thing would be to show more of these pop-ups and not send people on a wild goose chase after fake technical issues..