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A Novel Approach to Youtube Ads (9to5google.com)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Instead of blocking them, this extension speeds them up to x16 and also mutes the ad. Experiencing a 30 second ad in 2 seconds is pretty funny. And it works on Edge and Chrome.

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[–] [email protected] 316 points 1 year ago (5 children)

While some paid ad blockers seem to work, the vast majority of tools don’t seem to do the trick.

What a bunch of FUD. Firefox and uBlock Origin still work on Youtube just fine.

[–] [email protected] 74 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Part of the reason I am not advocating for or against the extension or the source. People can judge for themselves. I thought it was funny (not a great idea but definitely an interesting implementation). For the record I use both unlock origin and Firefox, and I also run a pihole at home. I'm just putting out there that it exists.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I moved back to Firefox like 5 years ago. But saying the vast majority of tools don't seem to do the trick is a pretty true statement, since that's one browser with one app, and the browser only has a sub 10% market share.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah but uBlock Origin still works on Chrome too

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It amazes me that ublock is still available for crome. Edit:*crome

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

(for now)

It will stop working soon

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Why did you move away from firefox in the first place?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

For a little while, a long time agoit was Firefox that had gotten slow and bloated, while Chrome was not. Then, things changed again.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I moved away a few years ago for the illusion of more privacy, while still using Google on Firefox

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Maybe they mean the vast majority of tools on Edge and Chrome? Plus this approach may or may not preserve dollars for creators

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

uBlock still works on chrome.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It's not on and can't be on Manifest v3 which Chrome will later only support

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I don't know about FUD, but that's either straight-up disinformation, or an out-of-touch tech writer that needs to retire...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

uBO works on Chrome as well atm. I have to use Chrome on my work laptop, but at least they installed uBO.