YouTube Ethical Ad Skipper
Dev tools
browser extension
SHOW HN2017
4points
7comments
#2,139of 2,242 in 2017
Top 96%of 2017 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
0 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 3 comments about the project.
Idea: 0 for, 2 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
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From 1 comment
Sadly I'm not in charge of the wording that Chrome puts out. Else it would read "wants permission to see if your URL is a YouTube URL and then insert some JS to control the mute…
nstart on HN
Objections
Skipping ads deprives advertisers and, in turn, creators of revenue.
From 1 comment
It's not entirely ethical because the advertiser gets ripped off. It increases their cost and reduces what they are prepared to pay for ads. If everyone else used it, content…
bbcbasic on HN
Permission wording sounds like it reads user data.
From 1 comment
You wanna read my YouTube data, eh? No no!
shubh24 on HN
Questions
Is this legal?
From 1 comment
How is this legal?
fil_a_del_fee_a on HN
Alternatives named
YouTube Red (ad-free subscription, not available in maker's region).
From 1 comment
Thanks for the comment here. I spent some time thinking about this topic. I've done a write up here if you are interested -…
nstart on HN