# YouTube "forbidding" ad blockers. Concerns, if any?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-forbidding-ad-blockers-concerns-if-any/991493>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 13, 2023, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-forbidding-ad-blockers-concerns-if-any/991493 "2023-10-13T04:54:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-forbidding-ad-blockers-concerns-if-any/991493/642 "2026-05-24T22:21:50Z")

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Yes, I disabled uBlock Origin and I got the full YouTube experience, including plenty of ads. Based on advice I read on the uBlockOrigin site, I uninstalled the extension, and then re-installed it, and now things are working again. It may be that there was an update version that I was only able to get by re-installing, though that seems a bit clumsy.

Anyway, if this happens to anyone else using uBlock Origin, it seems to work to uninstall it and then re-install it from their site.

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