Ad Accelerator
Consumer and social
browser extension for youtube ads
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Ad Accelerator
YouTube banned adblockers so I built an extension to skip their ads
news.ycombinator.com#youtube ad blocker#chrome extension#skip youtube ads#ad skipper
How HN took it
11 positive, 12 neutral or asking, 5 mixed, 13 critical, out of 41 comments about the project. Thread score -0.09.
Idea: 8 for, 9 againstPricing: 0 for, 3 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Useful for skipping ads, mute alone is worth it
From 1 comment
Nice - The mute alone is worth it
bilater on HN
Objections
uBlock Origin already works on YouTube
From 3 comments
That's definitely a technique to keep in reserve if they get better at detection, but uBlock Origin currently works very well on Youtube as long as its filters are up to date.
Zak on HNublock origin works fine on YouTube, if not, couldnt this just be a filter rule?
titaniumtown on HNUblock origin still works
matt3210 on HN
YouTube may detect and break the extension; Google controls both store and YouTube
From 2 comments
I don't have any issues with my AdBlocker on YouTube? Also, not to be a downer, but CWS and YouTube are both Google property. If your extension does well then they can coordinate…
SeanAnderson on HNLooks like YouTube is already detecting this or has some logic to detect that the ads were played at a different speed. Try moving through a video when this extension is active…
indianmouse on HN
Users should pay for YouTube Premium instead
From 2 comments
just pay for premium, it's like $10 a month
basseed on HNJust buy Premium, no ads and creators actually get paid unlike when you block ads.
throwaway5959 on HN
Requests
Make a Firefox version
From 3 comments
Add this to addons.mozilla.org, so we can use it on Firefox & Firefox for Android!
_dark_matter_ on HNIf you have Problems in the chrome webstore than you could Build This for Firefox.
axelfreeman on HNThis is cool, but it would be even better as a Firefox extension
gentleman11 on HN
Questions
Why does it only work on Chrome and not Firefox?
From 2 comments
Weird you use chrome, and not firefox.
megablast on HNand then you use chrome: google's browser. why? https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-best-on-Firefox
epigramx on HN
Alternatives named
uBlock Origin
From 2 comments
That's definitely a technique to keep in reserve if they get better at detection, but uBlock Origin currently works very well on Youtube as long as its filters are up to date.
Zak on HNublock origin works fine on YouTube, if not, couldnt this just be a filter rule?
titaniumtown on HN
YouTube Premium
From 2 comments
It seems a lot of work to do this and worth it. As a surprised customer of YouTube premium having all ads gone across videos and music across all devices really might not be a…
j45 on HNjust pay for premium, it's like $10 a month
basseed on HN
Brave browser
From 2 comments
They didn’t block the brave yet
hawkilt on HNyou can skip this extension and just install brave browser
RadixDLT on HN
FreeTube and NewPipe
From 1 comment
Cool solution, but I just use Freetube and Newpipe
attilaberczik on HN