YouTube is expanding its ad-blocking powers — closes loopholes that allowed some users to bypass restrictions

YouTube just expanded its ad-blocking capabilities, closing down a few loopholes that Firefox and other ad-blockers used to stop ads.

https://www.tomshardware.com/software/youtube-is-expanding-its-ad-blocking-powers-closes-loopholes-that-allowed-some-users-to-bypass-restrictions

Created 4d | Jun 8, 2025, 1:20:03 PM


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