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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] 3 points 7 months ago (8 children)

To be fair, at the current monopolistic state of YouTube, how many people are actually likely to avoid YouTube completely?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (7 children)

If YouTube truly succeeded in forcing 90 seconds of unavoidable ads with no exceptions without paying $20/month then I genuinely think YouTube won't be a monopoly for very long.

[–] creditCrazy 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Honestly I've tinkerd with the idea of making a genuine ad free YouTube competition. But the industry standard is operating at a loss. No one wants to pay for a YouTube service and no one wants to watch ads. If anyone has any ideas on how a YouTube competitor could stay afloat I'm all ears.

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