YouTube automatically rewinds videos to the end for users who use ad blockers

YouTube users with ad blockers have noticed that videos on the platform automatically skip to the end when this app is installed.

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YouTube's practice of fighting ad blockers has been going on for several months now. Starting last year, the platform began reminding users to disable ad blockers and, if they ignore them, rearranging video playback.

This week, it was reported that YouTube videos are skipping to the end, especially if an ad blocker is installed. This behaviour has also been reported when videos are played repeatedly, and some users have found that even trying to skip to a certain part of the video results in endless network loading.

Strange new Youtube ad blocking behaviour - videos automatically skip to the end
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It has been suggested that this may be a deliberate move by YouTube to limit the use of ad blockers. However, there is another version that it may be a problem with the program itself.

Earlier this year, a bug in AdBlock caused videos to load slowly and overload YouTube's servers, leading to numerous user complaints against the platform.

Source: 9to5Google