▲ 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.
[–] mojo@lemm.ee 46 points 2 years ago (2 children) uBlock Origin works just fine. I use Firefox btw permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 years ago I watched two hours of Rocky & Bullwinkle uninterrupted the other day thanks to FireFox and uBlock Origin permalink fedilink source parent [–] Moneo@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (3 children) Anyone else getting the "you will be blocked after 3 videos" yet? Haven't seen anyone talk about it but I saw it for the first time yesterday. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] mojo@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago Not if your uBlock origin is up to date, sometimes you have to clear the cache so the filters update to bypass that permalink fedilink source parent [–] NaoPb@eviltoast.org 4 points 2 years ago This may require a refresh of your blocking lists and/or a making sure ublock is updated to most recent versions. I know it's explained in the subreddit for ublock origin and I think people reposted it sonewhere on lenmy too, but I can't remember where exactly. Anyway, after doing that it works perfectly. No more of those screens. Best of luck. permalink fedilink source parent [–] 0x2d@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago I haven't seen it, but I usually use Invidious on my computer because of YouTube's buggy, slow design permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 years ago I watched two hours of Rocky & Bullwinkle uninterrupted the other day thanks to FireFox and uBlock Origin permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Moneo@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (3 children) Anyone else getting the "you will be blocked after 3 videos" yet? Haven't seen anyone talk about it but I saw it for the first time yesterday. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] mojo@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago Not if your uBlock origin is up to date, sometimes you have to clear the cache so the filters update to bypass that permalink fedilink source parent [–] NaoPb@eviltoast.org 4 points 2 years ago This may require a refresh of your blocking lists and/or a making sure ublock is updated to most recent versions. I know it's explained in the subreddit for ublock origin and I think people reposted it sonewhere on lenmy too, but I can't remember where exactly. Anyway, after doing that it works perfectly. No more of those screens. Best of luck. permalink fedilink source parent [–] 0x2d@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago I haven't seen it, but I usually use Invidious on my computer because of YouTube's buggy, slow design permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mojo@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago Not if your uBlock origin is up to date, sometimes you have to clear the cache so the filters update to bypass that permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NaoPb@eviltoast.org 4 points 2 years ago This may require a refresh of your blocking lists and/or a making sure ublock is updated to most recent versions. I know it's explained in the subreddit for ublock origin and I think people reposted it sonewhere on lenmy too, but I can't remember where exactly. Anyway, after doing that it works perfectly. No more of those screens. Best of luck. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 0x2d@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago I haven't seen it, but I usually use Invidious on my computer because of YouTube's buggy, slow design permalink fedilink source parent