Comment by procaryote

Isn't this just youtube cracking down on adblock?

They have a plethora of ways to make the app and website suck for non-paying users now, including and not limited to:

* faking an interruption when starting to play

* random errors mid-play

* no longer playing on hover on-web or in-app

I've just taken that as a good signal I should read more books instead, but I imagine it kills view-counts