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Show HN: I made a Chrome extension to automatically skips YouTube skippable ad
A chrome extension that can itself detects when there is a skippable ad on a video or a youtube survey and can skip that for you without you wasting time to wait for 5 seconds and click on skip ad.
- cebert 2y agoPlease consider that using an ad-blocking extension without subscribing to YouTube Premium can impact the income of the content creators you enjoy watching. They earn less when ads are skipped or blocked. It’s that’s ethical to you, have at it.
- dkraj 2y agoYes I agree with you but people anyways skip ads.
- _akhe 2y agoThis just clicks "Skip" for you - it's not an ad blocker. To your other point, creators make most their money from brand deals, merch, and appearances. Ever since the "adpocalypse" it's very easy to get demonetized, and in general the commission was drastically reduced for creators - YouTube and record labels are getting most of the ad money.
- dkraj 2y agoAgreed.
- _akhe 2y agoAmazing work! Simple yet very useful.
- dkraj 2y agoAdded firefox version here: https://dikshantrajput.github.io/skip-yt-ad/#installation https://dikshantrajput.github.io/skip-yt-ad/#installation
- key_peace_pulse 2y agoIf you like this, you should check out the Chrome extension Clear Skies https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/clear-skies/jkiagenaojjkaabmmapjoeolppddefgp https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/clear-skies/jkiagen... I've been using it for over a month and now I pretty much can't stand youtube without it.
- dkraj 2y agolooks great, will try this one