Triggers YouTube's adblock detection and blocks video
BlockTube triggers YouTube's ad-blocker detection, which then warns the user or blocks video playback until it is removed.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
4 public reports · first reported 20 April 2025 · last reported 21 January 2026
What's going wrong
Several BlockTube users report that once the add-on is active, YouTube flags their browser as using an ad blocker and shows a warning, sometimes refusing playback until the extension is disabled or removed.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
In the idea report
- The full summary.
- The products the 4 reports are about, and how many came each month.
- Related problems.
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