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Easiest way to bookmark YouTube ads? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/firefox
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Does a Firefox equivalent to TubeSift Bookmarker exist?

I did a brief search of Firefox extensions, but couldn't find anything. Most of the ad-related YouTube extensions seemed devoted to blocking ads, rather than archiving and cataloguing them.

My current workflow is as follows:

  • Right-click on the video player, select "Copy debug info"
  • Alt+Tab to a text editor
  • Ctrl+V the debug info into text editor
  • Ctrl+F for "addocid"
  • Ctrl+C the advertisment video id
  • Alt+Tab back to browser
  • Ctrl+N to open new browser window
  • Type "youtu.be/"
  • Ctrl+V the video id
  • Wait a fraction of a second for the URL to redirect from youtu.be/[video_id] to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[video_id]&feature=youtu.be to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[video_id]
  • Ctrl+D to bookmark the video
  • Ctrl+W to close the browser window

I can usually do this in under 15 seconds, but I would like to find a faster (or completely automatic) method. Does anyone have any recommendations?

Update: I partially automated my workflow using AutoHotKey.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But why?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I often see interesting or funny ads that I want to rewatch or reference later. Most ads are unlisted videos, which makes them nigh impossible to look up.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah, interesting.

[–] WhyYesZoidberg 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don’t get it either. But old ads from the 80s and 90s are quite interesting. It’s sort of a snapshot of society in some ways.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

But old ads from the 80s and 90s are quite interesting. It’s sort of a snapshot of society in some ways.

I suspect that in the 2050s, ads from the 2010s and 2020s will seem similar.

[–] NewBrainWhoThis 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You have a plethora of entertaining videos on youtube... but you like to watch ads? You are quiet peculiar my friend :-)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Not regularly, but I like to have the option of rewatching an ad I've seen. I might be a bit of a data hoarder...