Clever workaround speeds YouTube ads up instead of blocking them [Video]
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A super clever workaround for YouTube's crackdown on ad blockers sees YouTube ads sped up dramatically instead of blocking them.

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.

  • Praise Idleness@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    461·
    11 months ago

    I have less problems with actually watching it than the fact that those ads they serve are very often times completely inappropriate and not respecting my online privacy.

    • NutWrench@lemmy.worldEnglish
      161·
      11 months ago

      Same here. If I’m watching a biography about Nathaniel Hawthorne, then why would I want to see an ad where someone is twerking their ass in my face?

      • OpenSourceDeezNuts@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        9·
        11 months ago

        A year or so I turned off targeted ads from Google. I very quickly noticed an increase in ads with anime tiddies.

        I guess Google sees a correlation between people who worry about privacy, and people who are likely to click on anime tiddies…

      • credit crazy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        82·
        11 months ago

        Ya know the “it’s for targeted ads” is total bullshit. Where the fuck are the targeted ads YouTube. These data collectors are creeps. Simple as that.