boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoYouTube's next move might make it virtually impossible to block adswww.androidpolice.comexternal-linkmessage-square148fedilinkarrow-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 · 7 months agomessage-square148fedilink
minus-squareEmerald@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up55·7 months 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-up4·7 months 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-down1·7 months 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-down1·7 months 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