YouTube may block users who use AdBlock for life
The new terms of service of the Google platform do nothing but go in one direction: ” ban ” users who use AdBlock to view videos. The desire seems to eliminate those who are no longer ” commercially viable “. The details.
All users who usually use AdBlock or similar software to ” block ” advertisements while browsing the web and maybe even on YouTube are warned: they could see their ” banned ” account for life. The alarm comes directly from the USA where the Mountain View company has sent users a new update of the service rules which mentions the possibility of ” disabling ” unprofitable ” accounts.
YouTube and AdBlock: What will happen?
We are well aware of how YouTube is used to placing advertisements before each video. Many users just to bypass this situation use applications or software such as AdBlock to block any type of promotion and immediately start the chosen video. This situation seems to have given rise to some malaise too much for the American company that has decided to change its regulation in its favor.
Google tries to defend itself on the need to display the promotional content that supports the so-called ” content creators “, that is, the creators of videos on YouTube who earn by inserting those few seconds of advertising. There are users who, more and more often, in recent times, have to wait tens of seconds before being able to view the video chosen because of advertising.
In fact, the new regulation seems clear: ” YouTube can interrupt your access or access by your Google Account to the Service or to part of it if it has reason to believe that providing the Service is no longer an option that can be implemented from the point of view commercial “.
The reference is not straightforward but seems to be revealed against software that blocks commercial content in an illegal way. There are those who point out that other streaming services also explicitly prohibit the use of software to block advertisements even if in this case, Google seems to go heavy with the punishment for the user.
There is no 100% certainty but better not to risk and the advice of experts is to remove any kind of block from advertising in watching videos on YouTube. The new terms of service will come into force on December 10, 2019 and there are still a few weeks left to proceed to uninstall AdBlock and the like before seeing your Google account ” banned ” for life.
