It’s official: YouTube is coming for your ad blockers worldwide
“We’re running a small experiment globally that urges viewers with ad blockers enabled to allow ads on YouTube or try YouTube Premium.” That’s what YouTube …
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This browser extension blocks YouTube sponsored ads
Using an ad blocker to watch YouTube videos will help you avoid the ads that Google shoves down our throats. Google obviously isn’t a fan …
YouTube will start showing a lot more product ads, but it’s not as bad as it sounds
YouTube is such a popular service because it’s free to use, both by creators and internet users looking for quick entertainment or solutions to their …
How to save YouTube videos on your iPhone
Whether you’re watching your favorite YouTube personalities, catching up on the news, or just jamming out to your favorite music videos, you can browse YouTube …
YouTube Music is pushing a new comments section because nothing is sacred
Have you heard of something called the internet? Have you felt you needed yet another place on it where you can scream at people that …
YouTube is testing a new feature that lets you hum a song to your phone to identify it
YouTube wants to take on Shazam by going one step further and letting you hum your way into figuring out the name of a song. …
YouTube Music embraces AI songs, but there will be rules you need to know
BGR has reported how AI in music can be impressive, such as Paul McCartney singing John Lennon’s songs and vice-versa. However, with AI music flooding …
YouTube Music Samples rips off TikTok and Spotify in the name of music discovery
Every social media app — and apparently music app — eventually turns into the same app. When TikTok launched, everyone thought it was the app …
How to delete your YouTube watch history
Forget TV shows and the Premium subscription option, YouTube is an incredible place to find the videos you need to get something done. But YouTube …
YouTube will start breaking your home feed if you have your watch history turned off
YouTube really wants everyone to tell them what they’re watching. Up until now, if you used YouTube but didn’t want the company to retain knowledge …
The internet isn’t free, it never was, and it probably never will be
It’s 2023, which means we’ve been using the internet for 40 years. That’s enough time for anyone to understand that the internet isn’t free. It …
I think YouTube blocking videos for ad blocker users is the right thing to do – here’s why
I recently sided with Netflix, saying the company’s password-sharing ban is warranted. I won’t get into any of that again. But that’s something you need …
Google might bring games to YouTube, but they’re doomed to fail
Last Friday, The Wall Street Journal reported that YouTube is considering adding online games that would be playable on the site and within the mobile …
YouTube lowered the threshold to make money and the platform is better off for it
I remember when a friend and I started a YouTube channel years ago. Like many people at the time, we wanted to be the next …
YouTube is killing off Stories in favor of Shorts
Another Google product is heading to the graveyard. In a blog post, the company announced that YouTube Stories is getting killed off. According to the …
YouTube removed dislike counts, so this guy made Rotten Tomatoes for YouTube videos
Near the end of 2021, YouTube made the controversial decision to make dislike counts private across the entire service. You can still dislike YouTube videos …
If you’re not paying for YouTube Premium yet, you might regret that very soon
Sometimes, it feels like YouTube’s approach to juicing subscriptions to its premium tier is to simply frustrate users enough into paying. Ads, for example, are …
Podcasts are coming to YouTube Music
The latest update to YouTube Music is all about podcasts. In a blog post, Google announced that it is starting to roll out podcasts for …
How to stream every performance at Coachella live on YouTube
The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival has streamed on YouTube since 2011, but for this year’s edition of the festival, YouTube is upping its …
NFL Sunday Ticket: Pricing, platforms, how to buy, and presale discounts
For years, DirecTV had a stranglehold on NFL Sunday Ticket, but its reign is finally coming to an end. This fall, NFL Sunday Ticket is …
YouTube Premium adds long-awaited features for iPhone users
YouTube Premium is adding a handful of features iPhone users will appreciate. While the premium subscription previously offered no ads, background playback, and offline download, …
YouTube warns users not to fall for this clever email scam
As we all become more vigilant about avoiding scams on the internet, scammers are going to work even harder to trick us. They are clearly …
How to visit the YouTube desktop site in Chrome
Apps are great, but desktop experiences and mobile experiences are not equal. There’s benefits to using a desktop site, and the good news is you …
YouTube 1080p Premium is for nerds… and maybe NFL fans
YouTube is adding better video quality options to YouTube Premium. Most people will never even notice the difference. This week, some users noticed a new …
Podcasts are coming to YouTube Music, setting up a showdown with Spotify
YouTube is making another step to turn its music streaming service into a direct competitor to other audio streaming services like Spotify. As reported by …
The 10 most viewed YouTube videos of all-time
MTV’s steady and somewhat sad transformation into a channel more widely know for reality TV programming than for music seemingly signaled the end of the …
NFL Sunday Ticket coming to YouTube TV after Apple bows out negotiations
Three days after a report indicated that Apple had bowed out of NFL Sunday Ticket negotiations, leaving to Amazon and Google which company would get …
TikTok is testing horizontal full-screen mode, bringing the app closer to YouTube
TikTok is inching ever closer to YouTube with its latest feature. The company has confirmed with TechCrunch that it is testing a new horizontal full-screen …
YouTube is coming for the comments section
We’ve all experienced our share of problems in the comments section on YouTube. From bots to spammers looking to defraud unsuspecting users with fake giveaways …
YouTube says that its app isn’t crashing on the iPhone anymore
YouTube says that it has fixed the issue that was causing its app to crash on the iPhone. Earlier today, a ton of users who …
