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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by atrielienz@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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[-] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 312 points 2 years ago

While some paid ad blockers seem to work, the vast majority of tools don’t seem to do the trick.

What a bunch of FUD. Firefox and uBlock Origin still work on Youtube just fine.

[-] atrielienz@lemmy.world 76 points 2 years ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Part of the reason I am not advocating for or against the extension or the source. People can judge for themselves. I thought it was funny (not a great idea but definitely an interesting implementation). For the record I use both ublock origin and Firefox, and I also run a pihole at home. I'm just putting out there that it exists.

[-] Aatube@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Maybe they mean the vast majority of tools on Edge and Chrome? Plus this approach may or may not preserve dollars for creators

[-] Gabu@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

uBlock still works on chrome.

[-] Aatube@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

It's not on and can't be on Manifest v3 which Chrome will later only support

[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 5 points 2 years ago

I don't know about FUD, but that's either straight-up disinformation, or an out-of-touch tech writer that needs to retire...

[-] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago

uBO works on Chrome as well atm. I have to use Chrome on my work laptop, but at least they installed uBO.

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