▲ 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.
[+] praise_idleness@sh.itjust.works 47 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NutWrench@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (2 children) Same here. If I'm watching a biography about Nathaniel Hawthorne, then why would I want to see an ad where someone is twerking their ass in my face? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] opensourcedeeznuts@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago A year or so I turned off targeted ads from Google. I very quickly noticed an increase in ads with anime tiddies. I guess Google sees a correlation between people who worry about privacy, and people who are likely to click on anime tiddies... permalink fedilink source parent [–] creditCrazy@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago Ya know the "it's for targeted ads" is total bullshit. Where the fuck are the targeted ads YouTube. These data collectors are creeps. Simple as that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NutWrench@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (2 children) Same here. If I'm watching a biography about Nathaniel Hawthorne, then why would I want to see an ad where someone is twerking their ass in my face? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] opensourcedeeznuts@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago A year or so I turned off targeted ads from Google. I very quickly noticed an increase in ads with anime tiddies. I guess Google sees a correlation between people who worry about privacy, and people who are likely to click on anime tiddies... permalink fedilink source parent [–] creditCrazy@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago Ya know the "it's for targeted ads" is total bullshit. Where the fuck are the targeted ads YouTube. These data collectors are creeps. Simple as that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] opensourcedeeznuts@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago A year or so I turned off targeted ads from Google. I very quickly noticed an increase in ads with anime tiddies. I guess Google sees a correlation between people who worry about privacy, and people who are likely to click on anime tiddies... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] creditCrazy@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago Ya know the "it's for targeted ads" is total bullshit. Where the fuck are the targeted ads YouTube. These data collectors are creeps. Simple as that. permalink fedilink source parent