▲ 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.
[–] Gabu@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) uBlock still works just fine on YouTube ads from Chrome. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] EmptySlime@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 years ago I believe they're referring to the upcoming Manifest V3 changes. My understanding is that currently uBlock uses the old Manifest V2 that they're ending support for once V3 gets pushed. I believe there is a V3 version of uBlock but because of the limitations in V3 it's not as effective at blocking ads. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] EmptySlime@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 years ago I believe they're referring to the upcoming Manifest V3 changes. My understanding is that currently uBlock uses the old Manifest V2 that they're ending support for once V3 gets pushed. I believe there is a V3 version of uBlock but because of the limitations in V3 it's not as effective at blocking ads. permalink fedilink source parent