YouTube’s recent sweeping ban on ad blockers is a hot topic of debate these days. On one hand, there are folks who refuse to break under Google’s pressure and sign up for an ad-free YouTube experience ...

As Google continues to ramp up pressure on ad blocking methods like browser extensions and VPNs, the cat-and-mouse game between the blockers and Mountain View has grown in breadth and complexity.

When Google bought YouTube in 2006, the young site was unprofitable. It was already a cultural phenomenon, with viral videos consumed millions of times daily, but it didn’t make any money. It wasn’t ...

There's nothing more annoying than seeing ads all over the web page you're reading. Not only are they irrelevant to the content of the page, but they're also intrusive and sometimes get in the way of ...