Windows Phone gets revenge on YouTube from the grave by helping users bypass its ad-blocker-blocker

Windows Phone to the rescue. A lot of YouTube users want to know how to get around the new annoying YouTube pop-up telling viewers to disable their ad-blocker.

October 21, 2023 · 1 min · 65 words · Brianna Grant

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How to bypass YouTube ad-blocker pop-up?

The irony in this method is that it uses the unfortunately deceased Windows Phone to do it.

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