YouTube videos skip to the finish for viewers using adblockers.

 A lot of people who use adblockers have noticed that YouTube videos are now abruptly skipping to the very end.

YouTube has been enforcing its policy against the usage of adblockers for the previous few months. Beginning last year, the site would encourage users to disable their adblockers, which would prevent videos from playing if they disregarded the notification. Many people decided to remove their adblockers as a result, and some creative solutions also appeared.

Many people have observed this week that YouTube videos are abruptly ending at the end of the video. The video nearly instantly jumps to the finish, even if it has just been repeated. It's an odd occurrence that seems to be limited to people who have adblockers installed. Everything functions normally when the blocker is deactivated.

Users also mention that this occurs when the movie is viewed again and that, in certain situations, trying to fast-forward to a certain moment causes the video to load indefinitely.

Because of this, a lot of people think that YouTube is deliberately trying to discourage people from using adblockers. That's totally possible, but it's also possible that there is a bug in the adblocker itself. When a bug in AdBlock first appeared earlier this year, a lot of people blamed YouTube for the issue. It's also important to note that, at least based on the information we could find, people using AdBlock are experiencing this latest problem, while people using other adblockers aren't seeing the same behavior. There are some extremely rare reports of this happening without an adblocker as well, but they're in the extreme minority.