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by the_omegist 969 days ago
Not sure this is the best topic to ask this.

This is not a domain I am knowledgeable about but : if Youtube detects (somehow) when an ad is blocked , why don't adblockers become "adfastworwarders" ?

I am using a bookmarklet to play Youtube videos faster & I noticed the videos are also played at the same speed. Couldn't "adfastworwarders" detect the start of an ad & like play it at x10 or x20? It would still create a tiny "cut" in the watching experience but perhaps a way to skip ads ?

Any reason this cannot be a path for adblockers?

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This plugin does exactly that, works for me so far.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/fadblock-friendly-...

Thanks for the link. I will check that.

From the comments, it seems quite effective...until perhaps youtube decides to check the ads speed & blocks them at x1.