Hi, been using brave to block YouTube ads and it’s technically working but most videos will be black screen for the length of an ad or two with YouTube saying “experiencing interruptions” on the bottom left corner, and one of the possible reasons being ad blockers from what it is saying, is there an…

Same for me. A few days ago I got a 3 video countdown that if I don’t disable adblocking software that I would no longer be able to watch YT videos. After 3 videos I was blocked until I updated and restarted Brave. Now every video has the 5-10 second pause with the “Experiencing interruptions?” pop …

Yup, it’s not just limited to Brave. I use both Brave and Firefox, and the issue appears in Firefox as well. At first, I suspected the uBlock Origin extension might be the culprit, so I removed it from both browsers. However, the problem still persists on both Firefox and Brave.

Are you logged into Youtube? Please try these user’s suggestions and let me know if you see an improvement? [image] YouTube Loading Slowly on Brave + Adblock Issue Browser Support I can confirm that this is somehow tied to a YouTube account which is why it doesn’t happen …

Firefox user here, just came in to mention that I am experiencing the same problem on a couple of computers, both using uBlock Origin. Though the issue persists even if I’m not logged into an account.

same here…it’s been about a week and the same thing on all my desktop/laptops. no such issues on m.youtube.com on my mobile devices. all videos load easily.

Same problem here, and I think from the amount of views this thread has gotten so far it proves YouTube is doing something to cause this. It’s not a deal breaker by any means, it’s just a little bit annoying. I’m not too sure what YouTube is trying to achieve with this, they can’t be doing it on pur…

happening here as well i hope it gets fixed

Using Brave: Click anywhere on the page with a right-click and then choose Block elements; [qwer] Move your mouse cursor over the border of the pop-up window to catch it entirely; [qwert] Click on it and then click on the Block elements light blue button that will appear on the lower ri…

Yep, it’s intentional. YouTube did this to Firefox users I want to say a year ago and it was the same popup that routes you to a page about adblockers instead of normal Internet troubleshooting like you’d normally be directed to. That’s how you know it’s intentional on YouTube’s part, it’s just to…

Should be resolved a fix went out today

Experiencing interruptions with ad blocker on youtube

Brave Browser Ad-Blocking

Evan123 June 10, 2025, 6:09pm 5

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