YouTube shows Adblock Plus users an error instead of advertising ... and the video itself.

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If you are using Adblock Plus and want to watch YouTube videos at the same time, you may have an unexpected problem. Some users instead of advertising and part of the video now see this nice message: “An error occurred. Please try again later. ” It is only displayed for the duration of the advertising, meaning that Adblock is technically doing its job.

At the same time, this means that part of the video with advertising will be blocked. At the same time, up to the present moment, the service has successfully blocked advertising for many years without causing any problems with viewing videos. Apparently, something has changed.

After a series of tests, online media journalists Venturebeat claim that the problem is relevant only to Chrome with Adblock Plus, and the Firefox browser extensions work just fine. At the same time, many users have this situation in any browser with the Adblock Plus extension installed. It seems that all this concerns only some YouTube accounts, so other users are fine.
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"We are now trying to find the cause of the problem, but it seems that the reason is on the YouTube side," said AdBlock Plus representatives.

Users of the service forum, as well as a number of Reddit users, found a solution to the problem. If something like this happens to you, you must go to Google Ads settings , and uncheck the boxes for all items. It is also worth putting the extension IBA Opt-Out .

It is not yet clear whether YouTube has decided to fight with ad blockers, or if it’s just a bug.