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A Novel Approach to Youtube Ads (9to5google.com)

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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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[-] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago

They're definitely burning more money than they would gain from winning the battle

Maybe at the moment, but I suspect part of the motivation for this is that they are trying to prevent another "adpocalypse" type boycott from their advertisers.

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