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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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[–] blahsay 35 points 1 year ago (10 children)

F I R E F O X

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (7 children)

I don't know man. This is actually pretty genius. Because this way creators still get paid. I wouldn't mind using such extension on Firefox. Problem is I still want to block all trackers and other nonsense...

[–] Tattorack 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Doesn't the creator only get paid if someone actually clicks on the ad? Pretty sure the creator gets nothing if no clicks are accumulated.