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[–] [email protected] 77 points 11 months ago (19 children)

If you're using UBlock Origin do the following:

Go to settings. Go to Filter Lists. Click purge all caches. Click update now.

That's it, this message should disappear entirely.

[–] trump10 18 points 11 months ago (9 children)

What youtube is trying to achieve is technically impossible, unless they merge the advertisements into the videos.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

It's already possible to block those with Sponsorblock.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Firefox already has a plugin called "Youtube Enhancements" which includes "sponsor block" -- it skips ad embedded in the video.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

It does that with user input though.

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