When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works.

Our own data also suggests a fairly wide-reaching problem.

The web app wars really are just the worst thing.

Windows Central Channel on YouTube

For some, the fix seems to have been to disable (or update) their ad blocker.

SIlently breaking things is still dirty

Personally, I’m really tired of shenanigans.

Obviously Google wants you to use Chrome, and obviously Microsoft wants you to use Edge.

YouTube running on Mozilla Firefox

Ads are a necessary evil on the Internet, there’s no other way of saying that.

They help to pay your favorite content creators, but, I get it, they suck.

I don’t like them.

Microsoft Edge on Start menu

But whether you want to pay for it, only you’re able to decide.

Microsoft Edge web browser app in App Store seen displayed on a smartphone.

uBlock Origin on Microsoft Edge

ASUS ExpertBook CX54 Chromebook

Microsoft Edge Vertical Tabs

Deprecation of uBlock Origin

Claude AI app by Anthropic is seen displayed on a smartphone screen.

Microsoft 365 Copilot rebrand for Microsoft Office

Marathon gameplay reveal

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the United Nations General Assembly seen on a laptop computer in Hastings on the Hudson, New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Sept. 22. 2020.

Lenovo IdeaPad 5x 2-in-1 deal

Promotional screenshot of characters from Zenless Zone Zero

MSI Claw 8 AI+ propped up next to an ROG Ally X on a table.