boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoYouTube's next move might make it virtually impossible to block adswww.androidpolice.comexternal-linkmessage-square144fedilinkarrow-up1450arrow-down115
arrow-up1435arrow-down1external-linkYouTube's next move might make it virtually impossible to block adswww.androidpolice.comboem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square144fedilink
minus-squareEmerald@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up55·1 year agoWorse case scenario, we gotta make an extension that detects the ad UI and blanks the screen and mutes the audio until its over
minus-squareVaeril@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoI just found a userscript that mutes, skips, and lets you black out the ads. Worked during my brief test of it. I’ll probably use this if adblock or other clients are bricked. https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/9165-auto-close-youtube-ads
minus-squareYerbouti@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoWhy not use that screen time to promote alternative to YouTube?. Or even a simple Fuck google screen : " insert why google sucks here".
minus-squareMoneo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoBecause that would just be another ad lol
Worse case scenario, we gotta make an extension that detects the ad UI and blanks the screen and mutes the audio until its over
I just found a userscript that mutes, skips, and lets you black out the ads. Worked during my brief test of it. I’ll probably use this if adblock or other clients are bricked.
https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/9165-auto-close-youtube-ads
Why not use that screen time to promote alternative to YouTube?. Or even a simple Fuck google screen : " insert why google sucks here".
Because that would just be another ad lol