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A Novel Approach to Youtube Ads (9to5google.com)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months 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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[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago

Ads are the very core of Google at this point. They are more likely to give up their search engine and the name Google before they give up their ad business.