Rather than tell you nicely not to use ad blockers, YouTube is stating that videos may simply not play with an ad blocker enabled. Specifically, you may bump into buffering issues when playing the video, or you might see an error message that "the following content is not available on this app," stopping you from watching the video at all.
YouTube says the company doesn't want you using ad blockers because such tools prevent video creators from being compensated based on the number of views. The company sees those ads as important and essential because they support creators financially.
We want to emphasize that our terms don't allow third-party apps to turn off ads because that prevents the creator from being rewarded for viewership, and Ads on YouTube help support creators and let billions of people around the world use the streaming service," YouTube said in its announcement.
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