When you're done watching a YouTube pre-roll ad, your video's supposed to start from the beginning — not 40 seconds in!

Coca-Cola’s latest holiday ad, launched on November 5, 2025, was a grand experiment in the use of artificial intelligence for creative visual generation. Despite the involvement of a hundred-strong ...

YouTube has started cracking down on users who block adverts on the video platform. The Google-owned service is stopping viewers who are actively running ad blockers from watching clips on its site.

A new dawn is now on YouTube where it is pushing more ads for Free users to watch on the platform, and this is now heavily felt by basic accounts as the 'skip' button is now hidden away by the company ...

Many users report that YouTube videos automatically skip to the end or muting video if they are using an ad blocker, making it impossible for them to watch the video. The issue began yesterday, and ...

A hot potato: It appears that YouTube is once again trying to convince users of ad blockers to switch off the software by degrading their viewing experience on the platform. The latest punishment ...