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A Novel Approach to Youtube Ads (9to5google.com)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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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[–] 47 points 2 years ago (1 child)

On the other hand, this will royally piss off advertisers if it takes off. Make Google play a losing game of whack a mole with a ton of options on how to subvert their annoying platform

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Yeah, that's what I was thinking too. This add-on subverts the TrueView advertisement (or impression how they call it) that Google promises to advertisers.

    I'm on the edge of what to think of it. Blocking ads primarily hurts Google since bidding never occurs and this speedup thing mainly hurts advertisers but also puts Google in an awkward situation.

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