misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoYouTube’s ad blocker crackdown now includes third-party appswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square334fedilinkarrow-up1667arrow-down19cross-posted to: degoogle@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.zip
arrow-up1658arrow-down1external-linkYouTube’s ad blocker crackdown now includes third-party appswww.theverge.commisk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square334fedilinkcross-posted to: degoogle@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.zip
minus-squareatrielienz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-25 months agoThere’s a tool that does this. It speeds up the ad so it takes only a couple of seconds. The ad is “watched” but muted the whole time so you don’t actually have to deal with it. Edit: The article isn’t great but the tool is sort of the same as what you mentioned. https://9to5google.com/2023/11/25/youtube-ads-speed-up-workaround/
There’s a tool that does this. It speeds up the ad so it takes only a couple of seconds. The ad is “watched” but muted the whole time so you don’t actually have to deal with it.
Edit: The article isn’t great but the tool is sort of the same as what you mentioned. https://9to5google.com/2023/11/25/youtube-ads-speed-up-workaround/