YouTube now sabotages adblocking apps that stream its vids The Register
News Source : Theregister.com
News Summary
- YouTube says it will intentionally cripple the playback of its videos in third-party apps that block its ads
- This crackdown is coming at the API level, as these outside apps use this interface to access the Google-owned giant's videos
- Last year, YouTube acknowledged it was running scripts to detect ad-blocking extensions in web browsers
YouTube says it will intentionally cripple the playback of its videos in thirdparty apps that block its ads.A Monday post in YouTubes help forum notes netizens using applications that strip out a [+2659 chars]