The Google team has introduced a new moderation tool for creators on the YouTube video platform. Video creators will now be able to pause comments, preventing new comments from being added to a video while preserving those already posted. In a blog post, YouTube developers said the feature allows creators...
YouTube is working on a system to display the number of likes in real time. created by DALL-EThe company itself has not yet said anything about the innovation, but it is already available to some users. The operation of the function is as simple as possible: the number of likes...
The war between YouTube and users with ad blockers has reached a new level. After the site introduced strict measures against users who did not want to pay for a subscription or watch ads, one developer came up with a really smart solution to this situation. The new Ad Speedup...
The YouTube video platform team has responded to a scandal flaring up online over complaints from users of third-party browsers about slow loading of videos. Users complained that delays occur when playing YouTube videos in browsers other than Chrome, for example, Firefox, Vivaldi, Opera. However, a YouTube representative issued a...
Some visitors to the YouTube video platform have noticed that videos are taking much longer to load than usual. The thematic resource gHacks drew attention to the situation and negative reviews online. Photo: Christian Wiediger / UnsplashThe victims do not appear to be using Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge, but...
The YouTube video platform team has announced changes coming in the coming months to the rules for working with content created using various artificial intelligence systems. Generated by the Midjourney neural networkThe developers noted that while YouTube already has a policy against manipulating media, the AI required the creation of...
The YouTube video platform team recently began a large-scale fight against ad blockers. It was assumed that purchasing a paid YouTube Premium subscription was a reliable way to avoid viewing ads without getting blocked by YouTube. As it turns out, even YouTube Premium won’t help you get rid of ads...
Privacy consultant Alexander Hanff has decided to file a criminal complaint against YouTube under Ireland’s Computer Abuse Act. As a result, criminal proceedings may be brought against YouTube in Europe. The reason was the tools with which YouTube tracks the use of ad blockers by users. The expert said he...
The YouTube video platform team has begun testing an innovation in its application that allows easy access to arbitrary content. Illustration: Shubham Dhage / UnsplashThe Play button allows you to play random Shorts videos. So far, the innovation is available to a small number of users, and the YouTube team...
After several months of testing, the YouTube video platform team began massively blocking the viewing of videos for users using ad blockers. This, in turn, led to a wave of removals – but not of YouTube apps. YouTube’s crackdown on ad blockers began on a limited scale earlier this year...
The YouTube video platform team has expanded the capabilities of its Take a Break feature for minor users. It works much like the iPhone’s time limit feature, plus it offers a few additional settings for users. Generated by the Midjourney neural networkThe feature debuted several years ago. YouTube “Take a...
Google just recently began strictly blocking users who use ad blockers to watch videos on the YouTube platform. Immediately after this, the company increased prices for the YouTube Premium paid subscription, which allows you to watch videos with disabled advertising. The price increase affected several regions on the international stage...
YouTube has begun to actively combat ad blockers. YouTube communications manager Christopher Lawton explains that the service is now warning users to allow advertising or try a YouTube Premium subscription. In some cases, users receive this YouTube notification regarding ad blockers but continue to watch videos, and in other cases,...
Google some time ago began blocking the viewing of videos on the YouTube platform for users who use ad blockers. But while Google is fighting blockers with blocks, users are finding ways to bypass Google blocking. According to user @endermanch of the social network X (formerly Twitter), he found a...
Google some time ago began blocking the viewing of videos on the YouTube platform for users who use ad blockers. The fight against ad blockers has led to unexpected consequences. More and more users of the Microsoft Edge browser have begun to complain about warnings and pop-up messages blocking YouTube...
Google has announced the impending closure of the Google Podcasts app. This event is planned for 2024 as part of a broader user transition to YouTube Music. In early 2023, the company announced that podcast support would be coming to YouTube Music, first in the US and in all regions...
