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A Novel Approach to Youtube Ads (9to5google.com)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by atrielienz to c/technology
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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.

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[–] Chev 80 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Or use Firefox

[–] atrielienz 75 points 1 year ago

I said it was novel. I didn't say it was good.

[–] Harpsist 7 points 1 year ago

My ff got hit by the blanket 'no fire fox' issue. Now even with no mods youtube won't work at all.

Downloaded free tube. Keep thinking to make some kinda macro to auto switch to it when I search in ff search bar.