▲ 558 ▼ A Novel Approach to Youtube Ads (9to5google.com) submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by atrielienz@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 129 comments fedilink hide all child comments 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.
[+] Wisely@lemm.ee 26 points 2 years ago* (4 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] uzay@infosec.pub 12 points 2 years ago Ads are the very core of Google at this point. They are more likely to give up their search engine and the name Google before they give up their ad business. permalink fedilink source parent [–] linearchaos@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) Unfortunately the videos with ads absolutely packed through them are largely due to the creators choosing the settings for extra monetization. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] PhantomPhreak@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago Youtube just made changes that prevent creators from choosing to only allow skippable ads. Now youtube chooses what type of ads to run at the start and end of a video. The only choice creators have is to enable or disable mid-roll ads, and where to place them (but the default is to allow youtube to make those choices too) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] uzay@infosec.pub 12 points 2 years ago Ads are the very core of Google at this point. They are more likely to give up their search engine and the name Google before they give up their ad business. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] linearchaos@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) Unfortunately the videos with ads absolutely packed through them are largely due to the creators choosing the settings for extra monetization. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] PhantomPhreak@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago Youtube just made changes that prevent creators from choosing to only allow skippable ads. Now youtube chooses what type of ads to run at the start and end of a video. The only choice creators have is to enable or disable mid-roll ads, and where to place them (but the default is to allow youtube to make those choices too) permalink fedilink source parent
[+] PhantomPhreak@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago Youtube just made changes that prevent creators from choosing to only allow skippable ads. Now youtube chooses what type of ads to run at the start and end of a video. The only choice creators have is to enable or disable mid-roll ads, and where to place them (but the default is to allow youtube to make those choices too) permalink fedilink source parent