News & Reviews:   youtube videos

If you’re using a 3rd party mobile app which offers an ad-free experience while watching YouTube videos, then you’re out of luck. This is because the video streaming platform is now blocking third-party apps from streaming its videos if it detects an ad-blocking feature on them.

New update - Google told the media that the recent video loading times aren't caused by the company but rather, due to the newest AdBlock and AdBlock Plus updates.

If you feel the video loading times are longer than usual, you're not alone. According to a few posts on Reddit (like here and there), it has been confirmed that Google/YouTube has purposely slowed down the speed, particularly if you have ad blockers turned on.