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A Novel Approach to Youtube Ads (9to5google.com)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yes ads have always existed in some areas of the internet but weren't central to the entire thing, they were more usually a way of earning a tiny bit extra on the side.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Sure but it's not like it was all sunshine and roses either, there were more frequent malicious ads but then again maybe those who are brain dead clicking everything in site (pun intended) should get blocked from the internet with a ransom attack encrypting their drive lmaoo